# Incident 19960903038459I: Cessna 172RG, Palo Alto, CA, September 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1996, 17:47 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3965° N, 122.1431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palo Alto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3965&lon=-122.1431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6467V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6467V-2010-11-08) (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: 1,660 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960903038459I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1747 PST, A CESSNA 172RG, N6467V, OPERATED BY MR. MARK BAKHIT, A CERTIFICATED PILOT, MADE A NOSE GEAR UP LANDING AT PALO ALTO AIRPORT (PAO), CA. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PROPELLER, MINOR SHEET METAL DAMAGE, NOSE LANDING GEAR, AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR. THERE WAS NO APPARENT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE IS DETERMINED TO BE MINOR. MR. BAKHIT (AN INSTRUCTOR PILOT) STATED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 1725L HE WAS CONDUCTING A LOCAL INSTRUMENT TRAINING FLIGHT, PRACTICING APPROACH TO LANDING STALLS WITH A MR. ELAM DORSEY (A PRIVATE PILOT PRACTICING FOR A COMMERCIAL CHECK RIDE). HIS FLIGHT WAS VFR AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOTS WERE ON APPROACH WHEN THEY DID NOT FEEL THE NOSE GEAR LOWER. MR. BAKHIT TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND VERIFIED THAT THE MAIN GEAR HAD EXTENDED AND THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT WITH THE PAO TOWER. AFTER APPROXIMATELY THIRTY (30) ATTEMPTS OF RECYCLING THE GEAR AND FIFTEEN (15) ATTEMPTS OF EMERGENCY EXTENSION MR. BAKHIT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. MR. BAKHIT MADE A NOSE GEAR UP LANDING AT 1747 PST ON RUNWAY 30. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DETERMINED THE DAMAGE TO BE MINOR. CAUSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR NOT EXTENDING CANNOT BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. REQUESTED A M OR D BE SUBMITTED UPON DETERMINATION AND REPAIR. NO FAA 8020-11 GENERATED. THIS TERMINATES THE INVESTIGATION AND THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

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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