# Incident 20020111000289I: Cessna 172RG, Santa Ana, CA, January 11, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2002, 19:44 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9602B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9602B) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020111000289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT RIGHT LANDING GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WAS NOTED AFTER DEPARTING FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT. EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION AND MANEUVERS WERE ATTEMPTED WITH NO SUCCESS. PILOT REPORTED CONDITION TO SNA ATCT, PERFORMED FLY-BY WITH TRAILING RIGHT GEAR CONFIRMED BY ATCT. AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS TO BURN OFF EXCESS FUEL. LANDING ACCOMPLISHED WITH RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED, MINIMUM DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT, SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WHEN CONTACT WITH RUNWAY SIGN OCCURRED. AIRCRAFT INSPECTION REVEALED RIGHT GEAR PIVOT SHAFT SHEARED OFF AT SECTOR GEAR. AD 2001-06-06C SPECIFIES THAT SAME AREA FOR CRACK INSPECTION, AD HAD BEEN COMPLIED WITH ON THIS AIRCRAFT WITH NO CRACKS FOUND AND CESSNA KIT INSTALLED. DOM WILL SUBMIT M OR D OF INCIDENT.

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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