# Incident 19970613027849I: Cessna 172RG, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, June 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1997, 15:31 local time
- Place: Chicago/Wheelin, IL
- Airport: Pal-Waukee Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98518 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970613027849I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING APPROACH FOR LANDING PILOT NOTICED RIGHT MAIN GEAR "HANGING". PILOT TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE GEAR TO OPERATE CORRECTLY BUT IT WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY. PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AIRCRAFT GEAR UP. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT AT PALWAUKEE AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO PROPELLOR AND BELLY, NO INJURIES TO PILOT AND CO-PILOT. MECHANIC INVOLVED AFTER INCIDENT OCCURED STATED DURING INSPECTION OF THE MAIN GEAR HE DISCOVERED THE GEAR PIVOT ASSEMBLY SHEARED WHICH CAUSED THE MALFUNCTION. PARTS WILL NEED TO BE REMOVED AND REPLACED.

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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