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FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Pontiac, MI · January 1, 1996

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Date
January 1, 1996 · 18:00 local
Place
Pontiac, MI
Airport
Oakland-Pontiac
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4800V
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O360F1A6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total1,200 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
N4800VRegistered now · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG0382 · Built 1980Airframe modelCessna 172RGEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: N4800V a Cessna 172RG on an IFR flight from gaithersburg, MD to Pontiac, MI landed gear up at the Pontiac airport, Pontiac, MI. The aircraft received minor damage to belly inspection panels and radio antenna. Both propeller blades were bent equal amounts from the tip extending 12 inches into the blade. The aircraft had been experiencing inflight icing prior to commencing instrument approach to Pontiac. The approach was flown to minimums with rain and snow at the airport. The landing took place at the end of a four hour trip and it was a night landing. The pilot was flying the approach with extra speed and power because of the ice load on the aircraft and did not pull the throttles to idle until over the runway. When the power was reduced the gear horn sounded but the aircraft was already settling on the runway. Pilot admits to being transfixed on the approach, stating it was an excellent approach and a good landing out of trying weather conditions. He forgot to put the gear down.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: N4800V A CESSNA 172RG ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM GAITHERSBURG, MD TO PONTIAC, MI LANDED GEAR UP AT THE PONTIAC AIRPORT, PONTIAC, MI. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO BELLY INSPECTION PANELS AND RADIO ANTENNA. BOTH PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT EQUAL AMOUNTS FROM THE TIP EXTENDING 12 INCHES INTO THE BLADE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING INFLIGHT ICING PRIOR TO COMMENCING INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO PONTIAC. THE APPROACH WAS FLOWN TO MINIMUMS WITH RAIN AND SNOW AT THE AIRPORT. THE LANDING TOOK PLACE AT THE END OF A FOUR HOUR TRIP AND IT WAS A NIGHT LANDING. THE PILOT WAS FLYING THE APPROACH WITH EXTRA SPEED AND POWER BECAUSE OF THE ICE LOAD ON THE AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT PULL THE THROTTLES TO IDLE UNTIL OVER THE RUNWAY. WHEN THE POWER WAS REDUCED THE GEAR HORN SOUNDED BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALREADY SETTLING ON THE RUNWAY. PILOT ADMITS TO BEING TRANSFIXED ON THE APPROACH, STATING IT WAS AN EXCELLENT APPROACH AND A GOOD LANDING OUT OF TRYING WEATHER CONDITIONS. HE FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN.

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