# Incident 20000605032699I: Cessna 172RG, Teterboro, NJ, June 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2000, 22:30 local time
- Place: Teterboro, NJ
- Airport: Teterboro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8501° N, 74.0608° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TETERBORO (TEB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8501&lon=-74.0608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6257R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6257R-2006-02-23) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000605032699I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 06/05/2000 AT APPROXIMATELY 0010, AT TETERBORO AIRPORT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF CESSNA N6257R LANDED WITH THE NOSEWHEEL DOOR JAMMED SHUT AND PREVENTED THE NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND.  DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. MAINTENANCE INSPECTORS WITNESSES THE GEAR OPERATING PROPERLY AFTER SEVERLY DAMAGED GEAR DOORS WERE REMOVED.  CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N6257R (1)

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

- [Accident 20020811037739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020811037739A), Aug 11, 2002: Cessna 172RG (N6257R), West Milford, NJ, Substantial damage. (-23) While attempting a practice soft field takeoff, the flight instructor allowed the private pilot (student status) to over rotate the aircraft. The…

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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