# Incident 19961004035359I: Cessna 172RG, Newton, KS, October 4, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1996, 16:07 local time
- Place: Newton, KS
- Airport: Newton-City-County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OQDV
- Location: 38.0571° N, 97.2752° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWTON-CITY-COUNTY (EWK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0571&lon=-97.2752&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5204U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,007 total, 300 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961004035359I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 4, 1996 AT 1607 (4:07) LOCAL, A CESSNA 172RG, N5204U, REGISTERED TO HESSTON COLLEGE, INCURRED A FAILURE DURING A FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TRAINING FLIGHT. A LEFT HAND MAIN GEAR PIVOT FAILURE P/N 2441100-1/9 OCCURRED. IT WOULD LATER BE DISCOVERED THAT THE PIVOT SHAFT OF P/N2441100-1/9 HAD SHEARED. THE GEAR WAS MANUALLY EXTENDED, BUT FAILED TO BRING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. AFTER TRYING NEGATIVE G'S AND SLOW FLIGHT TO LOCK THE GEAR WITH NO SUCCESS, THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 17. WITH SKIES VFR AND VISIBLILITY GREATER THAN 10 MILES, THE LANDING WAS SUCCESSFUL. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE SHEET METAL AND DAMAGE TO BOTH BLADES OF THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT AND BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT NEWTON COUNTY AIRPORT, KANSAS ON OCTOBER 4, 1996 AT 1415. THE PILOT WAS MIKE WALLACE, CERTIFICATE #532027104. THE AIRCRAFT WAS VFR AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

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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