# Incident 20011108037709I: Cessna 172RG, Natchitoches, LA, November 8, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2001
- Place: Natchitoches, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GO8S
- Location: 31.7348° N, 93.1007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Natchitoches, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7348&lon=-93.1007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5179V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5179V) (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: 1,100 total, 50 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011108037709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT HAD BEEN GIVEN SIMULATED EMERGENCY, AND HAD SET UP AN APPROACH TO LANDING. STUDENT DID NOT FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURE DURING APPROACH, AND INSTRUCTOR WAS TRYING TO SHOW CORRECT PROCEDURE DURING APPROACH. INSTRUCTOR WAS DISTRACTED AT THIS TIME, AND FAILED TO NOTICE THE POSITION OF THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE (ASSUMED THAT STUDENT HAD LOWERED GEAR). AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH GEAR RETRACTED AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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