Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Wichita Mid-Continent Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Wichita, Kansas 67209
Monday, July 7, 2014 17:26 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On July 7, 2014, at 1726 central daylight time, a Cessna TR182, N4602S, experienced a landing gear collapse during landing at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (ICT), Wichita, Kansas. The airplane sustained substantial damage. Both pilots were uninjured. The airplane ownership was transferred on the day of the accident to N&M Aviation LLC and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 as an instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The local flight was not operating on a flight plan and originated from ICT at 1659.
The airplane was purchased about 30 minutes before the flight by N&M Aviation LLC, which was owned by the pilot and another individual. As part of an insurance requirement, the pilot was to receive a checkout with a flight instructor prior to flying the airplane.
The flight instructor stated that he met three individuals in the lobby of a fixed base operator at ICT, one of one which was the pilot and the other was the previous airplane owner. They told the flight instructor that the insurance company requested that one of them fly with a flight instructor for a brief familiarization flight before flying the airplane home.
The pilot stated that he conducted a preflight with the previous airplane owner in order to gain his insights into checking the airplane systems. The pilot stated that the airplane's preflight was normal including the subsequent engine start and run-up. During the initial climb, the pilot retracted the landing gear and the "green down" light extinguished, but the amber "gear up" light did not illuminate. The right main and nose landing gears remained in down and the sound of the gear motor operating was continuous. They performed the emergency procedures for "gear fails to retract" without effect. Attempts to manually pressurize the hydraulic system and apply positive g-loading using "abrupt maneuvers" had no effect in locking the gear down. The pilot then performed an approach to a land on runway 19L (7,301 feet by 150 feet, grooved concrete) using a soft field technique on runway 19L. During the approach, the pilot was advised by the air traffic control tower that the right main landing gear did not "look quite right" and was also advised by pilot of an airplane holding short of runway 19L that the left main landing gear "really looked bad." Shortly after touchdown, the left main landing gear started to collapse as the airplane yawed right, dropping the left wing. The airplane sustained damage to the left horizontal stabilizer/elevator, the empennage bottom, and the left main wing tip.
Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that a hydraulic line (part number 52889-4-0102, superseded by part number 53465-3-0102) that attached to the forward left-hand side of the actuator was twisted and ruptured. The hydraulic fluid that leaked from the hose emptied the hydraulic power pack reservoir.
The pilot stated that the most recent maintenance performed on the airplane was to repair to the nose gear landing strut actuating mechanism which had a minor hydraulic leak.
Maintenance to the airplane's landing gear system was last performed by Edwards Jet Center, Billings, Montana. The logbook entry for the maintenance was dated July 2, 2014, at a tachometer time of 30.63 hours, and stated:
"Removed nose landing gear actuator and cleaned. Installed new packings in actuator and installed actuator on aircraft. Safetied hardware as required. Serviced hydraulic power pack with hydraulic fluid. Cycled gear multiple times to purge air from system. Serviced hydraulic power pack again. Ops check and leak check good."
At the time of the accident, the airplane had a tachometer time of 38.07 hours and an airframe total time of 3,157.5 hours.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/7/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1726 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | Wichita |
| Event State | KANSAS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 67209 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 373860N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0972559E |
| Event Location Airport | Wichita Mid-Continent Airport |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | ICT |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 1333 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1653 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | ICT |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 1333 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 37 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 17 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 210 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 16 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 26 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.69 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | CEN Duty Officer |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 24 2014 7:38PM |
| User who most recently changed record | galm |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N4602S |
| NTSB Number | CEN14LA357 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | TR182 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | R18201353 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Oct 24 2013 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 38 |
| Airframe Hours | 3157.5 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | N&M Aviation LLC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Helena |
| Aircraft Owner State | MT |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 59601 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Pilot |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Longview |
| Operator State | TX |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 75605 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | ICT |
| Departure City | Wichita |
| Departure State | KS |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1659 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | ICT |
| Destination City | Wichita |
| Destination State | KS |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 25 2014 3:26PM |
| User who most recently changed record | galm |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 19L |
| Runway Length | 7301 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |