# Incident 20020101001319I: Cessna 172RG, St Petersburg-C, FL, January 1, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2002, 12:35 local time
- Place: St Petersburg-C, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5301R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5301R-2020-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 837 total, 2 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020101001319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 1, 2002, AT 1235 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172RG, N5301R, REGISTERED TO FOUR FOX AIR INC. HAD THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ON TAKEOFFAT ST. PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER AIRPORT, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. THE PILOT WAS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN DOING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ST. PETERSBURG AIRPORT, ON JANUARY 1, 2001.

## Other reports on N5301R (1)

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

- [Incident 19830304023339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830304023339I), Mar 4, 1983: Cessna 172RG (N5301R), New Port Richey, FL, Minor damage. Bounced on landing. Tried to go around. Unable to accelerate. Aborted and retracted gear to slow runway overshot.

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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