# Incident 20010706018609I: Cessna 172RG, Roswell, NM, July 6, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2001, 15:38 local time
- Place: Roswell, NM
- Airport: Roswell Industrial Air Center
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3734° N, 104.5294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roswell, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3734&lon=-104.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5537R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5537R) (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: 4,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010706018609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 07/06/01 AT APPROXIMATELY 1521 MDT, N5573R, CESSNA 172R6, DURING MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND LYNN CROUCH PILOT CERT. 1967153, NEGLECTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, THUS LANDING GEARUP. PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.  VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

## Other reports on N5537R (1)

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

- [Incident 20030701034479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030701034479I), Jul 1, 2003: Cessna 172RG (N5537R), Roswell, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On June 1, 2003 at 10:30 MDT a Cessna 172-RG N5537R, registered to great southwest aviation inc. sustained a propeller strike while on a commercial pilot…

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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