# Incident 19970822032409I: Cessna 172RG, Scottsdale, AZ, August 22, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1997, 11:10 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Scottsdale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5510R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5510R-2007-02-28) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 408 total, 24 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970822032409I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED AN ABNORMAL SITUATION ABOUT 30 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT WITH THE RIGHT BRAKE PRESSURE BEING DEPLETED. THE PILOT DECIDED TO TURN BACK TO SCOTTSDALE AIRPORT AND LAND. WHILE THE PILOT WAS ON A 3 MILE LEFT BASE FOR RUNWAY 3, HE PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND DID NOT HAVE A GREEN LIGHT INDICATING GEAR DOWN. HE THEN EXECUTED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND PERFORMED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION BY PUMPING (30-40 TIMES), BUT DID NOT GET ANY INDICATION OF GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT SAID HE TRIED TO DISLODGE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR BY MAKING STEEP TURNS. AFTER CONVERSING WITH THE AIRCRAFT OWNER AND ATC, HE MADE A GEAR-UP LANDING. THE PILOT SUFFERED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE UNDERCARRIAGE AND "Q" TIPPED BOTH PROP BLADES.

## Other reports on N5510R (2)

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

- [Incident 20000407022839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000407022839I), Apr 7, 2000: Cessna 172RG (N5510R), Big Bear, CA, Minor damage. (-23)Pilot stated cruise portion of flight ho noticed the tachometer neddle had maxed out. He retarded the throttles and the needle fell to the bottom of the…
- [Incident 19931208049329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931208049329I), Dec 8, 1993: Cessna 172RG (N5510R), Goodyear, AZ. Instructor pulled throttle. Asked student where he would land. On go around engine sputtered. Forced landing.

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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