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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Waterbury, CT · December 7, 1980

Date: December 7, 1980 · 13:10 local
Place: Waterbury, CT
Airport: Oxford
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5306R
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 240 total14 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N5306RRegistered now · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG0051 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 172RG Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Zn failed to extend gear before landing. Gear warning horn had been removed and the pilot had been so advised.

As the FAA filed it

ZN FAILED TO EXTEND GEAR BEFORE LANDING. GEAR WARNING HORN HAD BEEN REMOVED AND THE PILOT HAD BEEN SO ADVISED.