# Incident 20010724033279I: Cessna 172RG, Fort Worth, TX, July 24, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2001, 19:29 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8198° N, 97.3624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8198&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N694F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N694F-2018-03-12) (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: 433 total, 224 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010724033279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 24, 2001, AT 1929 CDT, A CESSNA 172, N694F, REGISTERED TO ATE OF TEXAS INC., DBA, AMERICAN FLYERS, LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED DUE TO A MECHANICAL SYSTEM FAILURE ON RUNWAY 16R AT MEACHAM AIRPORT, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PRIVATE PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MEACHAM AIRPORT, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ON JULY 24, 2001. DURING AN INSPECTION OF THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY THE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THAT THE NOSE GEAR FITTING HAD FAILED. THIS RESULTED IN THE NOSE GEAR NOT BEING TO PROPERLY EXTEND. A FAA FORM 8010-4 MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT IS PENDING. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N694F (2)

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

- [Incident 20070831826209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070831826209I), Aug 31, 2007: Cessna 172RG (N694F), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that landing/touchdown was normal. On roll-out, pilot added power near twy golf isxn intending to turn off at twy foxtrot. Nose gear…
- [Incident 19980620029309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980620029309I), Jun 20, 1998: Cessna 172RG (N694F), Conroe, TX, Minor damage. During a touch and go landing the private pilot moved the gear handle to the up position with the aircraft on the ground. The nose gear collapsed and the prop…

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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