# Incident 19880519025019I: Cessna 172RG, The Colony, TX, May 19, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1988, 19:30 local time
- Place: The Colony, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0896° N, 96.9034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of The Colony, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0896&lon=-96.9034&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5254V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5254V-2024-05-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 10 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880519025019I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ON A TRAINING FLIGHT OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM RADIO. RADIO SHUT DOWN. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE POINT.

## Other reports on N5254V (3)

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

- [Incident 19920610025279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920610025279I), Jun 10, 1992: Cessna 172RG (N5254V), Monroe, LA, Minor damage. While returning from a pipeline patrol training flight pilot forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.
- [Incident 19910918048699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910918048699I), Sep 18, 1991: Cessna 172RG (N5254V), Farmerville, LA, Minor damage. Student forgot to lower landing gear and landed gear up.
- [Incident 19840114002409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840114002409I), Jan 14, 1984: Cessna 172RG (N5254V), Addison, TX, Minor damage. Inadvertently retracted the landing gear during the landing rollout.

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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