Cessna 182T N2426S

Summary

On 6 September 2005 at about 02:18 local time, a Cessna 182T registered N2426S, operated by James A. Davenport, was involved in an accident near Houston, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 September 2005 at 02:18

Classification

Accident

Location

Houston, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Ellington Field (EFD)

Coordinates

29.6072, -95.1586

Aircraft

Cessna 182T

Registration

N2426S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

James A. Davenport

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Galveston → Houston

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

DFW05CA206

Nobody was injured.

The gear-up landing as result of the separation of the hydraulic line in the landing gear extension system.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 1,000-hour pilot was conducting a local personal flight. Shortly after takeoff, while retracting the landing gear, the pilot did not receive a gear-up indicator light. After numerous attempts to extend the landing gear, the pilot elected to fly to a local airport equipped with emergency fire and rescue personnel and equipment. An in-flight visual inspection by another airplane reveled the landing gear was not in a down and locked position. The pilot performed a gear-up landing on the runway and the airplane came to rest with the left wing and horizontal stabilizer resting on the ground. Examination of the nose landing gear revealed that the hydraulic line, part number S2178-4-0102, had separated from the fitting to the nose landing gear actuator. Inspectors were unable to locate records on the last hydraulic line replacement.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.