ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 292424
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| Date: | Friday 21 April 2006 |
| Time: | 20:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna T-R182RG |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6170S |
| MSN: | TR18201637 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4608 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-L3C5D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Englewood, Colorado -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Denver-Centennial Airport, CO (APA/KAPA) |
| Denver-Centennial Airport, CO (APA/KAPA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane landed and, according to the pilot, he may have "possibly inadvertently hit the gear handle." The nose gear retracted and the airplane skidded down the centerline before drifting off the left side and sliding another 300 feet. The left main landing gear then retracted. In addition to a broken left wing tip fairing, scraped landing gear doors, a crushed exhaust manifold, and a bent propeller, there was structural damage to the nose wheel tunnel. According to the manufacturer, the airplane was equipped with a "squat switch" that senses weight-on-wheels and prevents inadvertent landing gear retraction. The spokesman said there were several reasons why the landing gear may have retracted: a defective squat switch, an over-inflated nose gear strut (that would cause the electrical contacts of the squat switch to separate), misrigging of the squat switch, or the airplane may have bounced, allowing the electrical contacts to separate. According to the repair facility that retrieved the airplane, the squat switch was functionally tested and it operated satisfactorily.
Probable Cause: the pilot inadvertently retracting the landing gear.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN06LA070
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2022 18:31 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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