# Incident 19960526021789I: Cessna 172RG, Sparta, IL, May 26, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1996, 12:04 local time
- Place: Sparta, IL
- Airport: Sparta Community-Hunter Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1489° N, 89.6985° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPARTA COMMUNITY-HUNTER FLD (SAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1489&lon=-89.6985&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6402V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6402V) (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: 30,800 total, 50 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960526021789I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: INSTRUCTOR, PREPARING STUDENT FOR COMMERCIAL FLIGHT CHECK, ASKED FOR SOFT FIELD LANDING AND MR. HO ATTEMPTED SAME. BOTH PILOTS SAID CHECKLIST WAS USED BUT GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED. AERO CLUB MECHANIC FOUND NO PROBLEM WITH LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N6402V (1)

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

- [Incident 20170320007619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170320007619I), Mar 20, 2017: Cessna 172RG (N6402V), Greeley, CO, Minor damage. On 03/20/2017 at approximately 1620H MDT, N6402V, a 1980 Cessna model 172RG aircraft landed with landing gear up at the Greeley-Weld county airport (gxy).…

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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