# Incident 19910731038199I: Cessna 172RG, Portland, OR, July 31, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1991, 13:20 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland/Hillsboro Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5421° N, 122.9507° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND-HILLSBORO (HIO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5421&lon=-122.9507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5256U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5256U-2007-11-27) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 214 total, 34 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910731038199I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LOCK LEFT GEAR DOWN. PASSENGER USED TOW BAR TO PULL IT DOWN. LANDED SAFELY. GEAR ACTUATOR CASTING CRACKED

## Other reports on N5256U (2)

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

- [Incident 20000815026979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000815026979I), Aug 15, 2000: Cessna 172RG (N5256U), Portland, OR, Minor damage. (-23)[privacy data omitted] stated that he inadvertently reached for the landing gear knob and retracted the gear during a touch-and-go landing, causing the…
- [Incident 19900807060409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900807060409I), Aug 7, 1990: Cessna 172RG (N5256U), Portland, OR, Minor damage. Pilot inadvertently retracted landing gear instead of flaps on a touch and go landing.

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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