# Incident 19870516052469I: Cessna 172RG, Imperial, CA, May 16, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1987, 18:20 local time
- Place: Imperial, CA
- Airport: Imperial County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8342° N, 115.5787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IMPERIAL COUNTY (IPL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8342&lon=-115.5787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9663B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9663B-1993-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,850 total, 69 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870516052469I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLAPSED ON TAKEOFF ROLL, CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N9663B (2)

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

- [Accident 19910531018809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910531018809A), May 31, 1991: Cessna 172RG (N9663B), Point Mugu, CA, Substantial damage. Fire in flight,smoke in cockpit. Emergency landing. Evacuated. Smoke inhalation. Strobe light wires shorted.
- [Incident 19850103001819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850103001819I), Jan 3, 1985: Cessna 172RG (N9663B), El Cajon, CA, Minor damage. Pilot pulled prop through after removing tiedown chains and chocks, engine started. Ran into several planes.

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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