# Incident 19970908029729I: Cessna 172RG, Ocean City, NJ, September 8, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1997, 10:30 local time
- Place: Ocean City, NJ
- Airport: Ocean City Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2635° N, 74.6075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCEAN CITY MUNI (26N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2635&lon=-74.6075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5132U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5132U) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,836 total, 5,403 in this make and model, 639 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970908029729I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED HE PROCEEDED TO PERFORM THE PRE-LANDING CHECK LIST BY EXTENDING THE GEAR AND VISUALLY ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR EXTENSION POWERING BACK AS NECESSARY, EXTENDING FLAPS AS NECESSARY, AND THEN TURNING BASE. WHILE ON BASE LEG, HE SAID "I THEN PROCEEDED TO CHECK THE AIRPLANE AGAIN FOR ALL 'BELLS AND WHISTLES,' THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO OFF, HAMPERING THE SAFETY OF THE LANDING". HE SAID I THEN PROCEEDED TO TURN FINAL, SLOWLY DESCENDING DOWN FOR THE RUNWAY, EXPECTING THE GEAR TO TOUCH SOFTLY ON THE RUNWAY, WHEN I REALIZED THAT THE GEAR HAD FOLDED UP AND THE AIRPLANE WAS ON HER BELLY SKIDDING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE 06 RUNWAY. FURTHER EVALUATION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WILL BE MADE AT A LATER DATE.

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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