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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Van Nuys, CA · December 14, 1990

Date
December 14, 1990 · 16:15 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Van Nuys Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5404V
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
410 total20 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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.

Landed gear up. Pilot distracted by radio problem. Radio selector on phone. Tower tried to advise pilot.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED GEAR UP. PILOT DISTRACTED BY RADIO PROBLEM. RADIO SELECTOR ON PHONE. TOWER TRIED TO ADVISE PILOT.