# Accident 19810719041999A: Cessna 172RG, Green Bay, WI, July 19, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1981, 16:32 local time
- Place: Green Bay, WI
- Airport: Austin Straubel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4835° N, 88.1308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4835&lon=-88.1308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5207U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5207U-2000-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 159 total, 4 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81DEP38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEP38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810719041999A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT BECAME INVOLVED IN UNUSUAL SITUATION AND FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI81DEP38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEP38), Jul 19, 1981: Cessna 172RG (N5207U), Greenbay, WI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5207U (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20000527013149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000527013149A), May 27, 2000: Cessna 172RG (N5207U), Prescott, AZ, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On may 27, 2000, about 1020 hours MST, a Cessna 172RG, N5207U, operated by embry riddle aeronautical university of Prescott, AZ., was destroyed during a…
- [Incident 19900607040729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900607040729I), Jun 7, 1990: Cessna 172RG (N5207U), Oshkosh, WI, Minor damage. Pilot failed to lower landing gear and landed gear up.
- [Incident 19890712065149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890712065149I), Jul 12, 1989: Cessna 172RG (N5207U), Lakeville, MN, Minor damage. Unable to get gear down light. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Doors were buckled. Suspect tow bar damage.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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