# Incident 19960803033699I: Cessna 172RG, Anchorage, AK, August 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1996, 14:44 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4948V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4948V-1998-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 232 total, 150 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960803033699I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT NOSEWHEEL FAILED TO EXTEND FOR LANDING. PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INJURIES OR SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N4948V (1)

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

- [Accident 19980530011391A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980530011391A), May 30, 1998: Cessna 172RG (N4948V), Juneau, AK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (.19) Acft collided in mid air with N187EH, crashed and was destroyed and the 2 POB suffered fatal inj., Juneau, AK. (.4) the air tour helicopter was at 2,100…

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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