Cessna R182 accident near Medina, Ohio, June 25, 2024
On June 25, 2024 at about 2:53 pm local time, a 1978 Cessna R182, registered N182GZ, was substantially damaged in an accident during landing near Medina, Ohio (Medina Muni airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear and the flight instructor’s lack of remedial action, which resulted in a landing with the landing gear not correctly configured.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 25, 2024 · about 2:53 pm local time
- Place
- Medina, Ohio · Medina Muni · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna R182, built 1978 · all R182s on the register
- Registration
- N182GZ · registry record · serial R18200195
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
According to the pilot, he had just purchased the airplane which was equipped with retractable landing gear. He had hired a flight instructor to deliver the airplane to his home airport and paid the flight instructor to stay an extra day to fly with him, familiarize him with the airplane, and give him a flight review, as the flight instructor had previously given him a flight review in another airplane he had once owned. According to the flight instructor, all had gone well until they came in for the last landing. The flight instructor had noticed that the landing gear was not down, but kept thinking the pilot was going to put it down, and thought the pilot was reaching over to lower the landing gear but it was too late. The airplane contacted the runway with the landing gear retracted and its fuselage was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Landing gear not configured during landing defining event
- Abnormal runway contact during landing (flare/touchdown)
The NTSB's findings
- Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info › Use of equip/system › Pilot
- Aircraft › Aircraft systems › Landing gear system › Gear extension and retract sys › Not used/operated
- Personnel issues › Action/decision › Action › Forgotten action/omission › Pilot
- Personnel issues › Action/decision › Action › Lack of action › Instructor/check pilot
Pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot, private
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 1,837 hours in all; 50 in this make and model; 25 in the last 90 days; 10 in the last 30 days; 1,650 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: June 20, 2023
- Medical certificate: Class 3 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
Flight instructor
- Certificate: commercial pilot, remote
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; single-engine sea; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instructor: instrument airplane; instrument: airplane; rotorcraft: unmanned (suas)
- Flight time: 7,820 hours in all; 160 in this make and model; 25 in the last 90 days
- Last flight review: January 26, 2024
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: rgt
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 6,569.2 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, January 15, 2024; 12.3 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 3,096 lb
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Lycoming O-540-J3C-5D (piston); 4,256 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: 1G5 Medina OH at 2:00 pm
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 19, 2,868 ft by 60 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 210° at 12 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 77°F (25°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter: 29.94 inHg
- Observation at 10:54 am from KAKR, 15 miles away
Weather report (METAR): METAR KAKR 251454Z AUTO 21012G19KT 10SM CLR 25/15 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP131 T02500150 55012=
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight crew | 2 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The NTSB has not released the docket for this case yet. The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), is usually released when the investigation is nearly complete, and the list here is refreshed when it appears. Check at the NTSB.
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number ERA24LA288.