# Incident 20001101031989I: Cessna 172RG, Oakland, CA, November 1, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2000, 20:30 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Metropolitan Oakland International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8044° N, 122.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8044&lon=-122.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9639B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9639B-2014-10-06) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 374 total, 300 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001101031989I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AT ABOUT 2030 HRS ON APPROACH TO IAK INSTRUCTOR PILOT SELECTED "LANDING GEAR DOWN". DOWN & LOCKED LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. NOSE & R/H MAIN VERIFIED DOWN & LOCKED.  L/H MLG WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND.  ATTEMPTS TO LOCK GEAR USING EMERGENCY EXTENSION MECHANISM WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.  I/P LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINIMUM SKIN DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE.  PROPELLER STRUCK GROUND, SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW.  UNPON JACKING ACFT. IT WAS NOTED THE L/H MLG SWUNG FREELY & WOULD NOT RETRACT OR RESPOND TO HYDRAULIC ACTUATION.  REMOVAL OF ACTUATING CYLINDER REVEALED A FRACTURED PIVOT SHAFT-ACTUATING CYLINER SIDE.  DETAILED INSPECTION OF LANDING GEAR COMPONENTS OF FOLLOW.  MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT COMPLETED BY OPERATOR.  INVESTIGATION CLOSED.

## Other reports on N9639B (1)

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

- [Incident 19920702023729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920702023729I), Jul 2, 1992: Cessna 172RG (N9639B), Las Cruces, NM, Minor damage. Unable to extend right main gear. Landed with right gear partially extended.

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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