# Incident 19970417027389I: Cessna 172RG, Las Vegas, NV, April 17, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1997, 10:31 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4631R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4631R-1999-10-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 300 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970417027389I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL FAILURE. HE PUT GEAR HANDLE DOWN FOR LANDING, BUT FAILED TO REALIZE GEAR WAS ELECTRICALLY ACTIVATED. HE DID NOT CHECK GEAR DOWN. HE MADE AN APPROACH GEAR UP AND MADE A GO AROUND AT LAST MOMENT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD GOTTEN LOW ENOUGH THAT THE PROPELLERS HAD STRUCK THE RUNWAY. HE GOT THE GEAR DOWN DURING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AFTER THE GO AROUND AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. A RE-EXAMINATION OF HIS COMMERCIAL PILOT PRIVILEGES WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ON 8/15/97. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N4631R (1)

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

- [Incident 19900628035979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900628035979I), Jun 28, 1990: Cessna 172RG (N4631R), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed landing roll. Pilot may have activated gear switch instead of flaps.

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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