# Incident 20010331007599I: Cessna 172RG, Oakland, CA, March 31, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2001, 22:25 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: N5523R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5523R) (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: 527 total, 6 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010331007599I

## Narrative

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

(-23)INTERVIEWED ^PRIVACY DATA^ WHO STATED THAT THIS WAS THEIR FIRST NIGHT APPROACH INTO OAKLAND AND WAS CONFUSED BY THE LIGHTS AND HAD DIFFICULTY LOCATING THE RUNWAY. THEY WERE ALSO ON A 172RG MODEL AND NORMALLY FLEW A STRAIGHT 172.  HE SAID THE STUDENT WAS NOT RESPONDING TO TOWER COMMANDS WHEREUPON HE TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE RUNWAY LIGHTS APPEARED DIM UNTIL THEY WERE ON FINAL AND THEN THEY APPEARED TO BRIGHTEN.  THE FINAL WAS NORMAL EXCEPT HE FORGOT TO PUT DOWN THE GEAR.

## Other reports on N5523R (1)

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

- [Incident 19911215059679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911215059679I), Dec 15, 1991: Cessna 172RG (N5523R), Cloverdale, CA, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear while practicing a simulated engine failure. Landed gear up.

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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