# Incident 20000623028089I: Cessna 172RG, Grand Rapids, MN, June 23, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2000, 12:43 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MN
- Airport: Grand Rapids-Itasca County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2385° N, 93.5326° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2385&lon=-93.5326&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6313R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6313R-2021-03-10) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 245 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000623028089I

## Narrative

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

(-23)LANDING GPZ PILOT COULD NOT GET NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND. WITH MAINTENANCE AND CESSNA AIRCRAFT ON THE TELEPHONE SEVERAL MORE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE WITH THE SAME RESULTS AT WHICH TIME PILOT ELECTED TO RETRACT GEAR AND LAND ON GRASS RUNWAY. WITH AIRCRAFT ON JACKS FOUND SPOT WELDS RIGHT NOSE GEAR HAD PULLED APART AND RIGHT NOSE WHEN OPENING WOULD JAM AGAINST AIRCRAFT SKIN THUS JAMMING NOSE GEAR FORK AGAINST THE GEAR DOOR AND PREVENTING IT FROM EXTENDING FULLY.  THIS DOOR APPEARED TO BE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT.

## Other reports on N6313R (2)

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

- [Incident 20200814014079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200814014079I), Aug 14, 2020: Cessna 172RG (N6313R), Alabaster, AL, Minor damage. The pilot, a flight instructor, was practicing touch and go's with a student pilot when on approach for another landing, the pilot noticed that his right main…
- [Incident 19971216042529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971216042529I), Dec 16, 1997: Cessna 210 (N6313R), Kalamazoo, MI, Minor damage. Narrative: at approximately 19:10 EST the pilot of the Cessna 210 reported engine roughness and smoke in the cockpit while on a nine mile final approach to…

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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