# Incident 19960731032889I: Cessna 172RG, Atoka, OK, July 31, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1996, 07:20 local time
- Place: Atoka, OK
- Airport: Atoka Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3983° N, 96.1481° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATOKA MUNI (AQR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3983&lon=-96.1481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9514B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9514B-2017-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 100 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/19960731032889I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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