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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Atoka, OK · July 31, 1996

Date: July 31, 1996 · 07:20 local
Place: Atoka, OK
Airport: Atoka Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9514B
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 350 total100 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N9514BRegistration cancelled Oct 19, 2017 · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG0845 Airframe modelCessna 172RG Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: the pilot made a personal assessment of local weather conditions prior to takeoff. After takeoff, he encountered low clouds on climbout and attempted to return for a landing. He became distracted by the adverse weather conditions and proximity to obstacles and subsequently failed to lower the landing gear prior to touchdown. Airman competency was involved. The pilot exercised poor judgement in taking off into adverse weather conditions, then failed to use checklist due to mismanagement of cockpit workload.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT MADE A PERSONAL ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. AFTER TAKEOFF, HE ENCOUNTERED LOW CLOUDS ON CLIMBOUT AND ATTEMPTED TO RETURN FOR A LANDING. HE BECAME DISTRACTED BY THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND PROXIMITY TO OBSTACLES AND SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. AIRMAN COMPETENCY WAS INVOLVED. THE PILOT EXERCISED POOR JUDGEMENT IN TAKING OFF INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, THEN FAILED TO USE CHECKLIST DUE TO MISMANAGEMENT OF COCKPIT WORKLOAD.