# Incident 20020210003639I: Cessna 172RG, Seattle, WA, February 10, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2002, 13:30 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing Field-King County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5300° N, 122.3019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOEING FLD/KING COUNTY INTL (BFI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5300&lon=-122.3019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5252V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5252V-2012-10-24) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020210003639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING TOUCH AND GO. PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND WAS FLYING FROM THE RIGHT SEAT AS HE IS IN TRAINING FOR A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE. A MECHANICAL REASON FOR THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE COULD NOT BE FOUND. PILOT CONCEDED THAT HE MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO CAUSE THE NOSE GEAR TO RETRACT.

## Other reports on N5252V (2)

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

- [Incident 19971109040169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971109040169I), Nov 9, 1997: Cessna 172RG (N5252V), Tacoma, WA, Minor damage. Aircraft contacted runway with gear up. Pilot able to lift off and lower gear but not without damage.
- [Incident 19880202044089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880202044089I), Feb 2, 1988: Cessna 172RG (N5252V), Spokane, WA. Vacuum pump failed causing inoperative attitude and directional indicators. Entered IMC and icing. ATC gave vectors

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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