# Incident 20020510012069I: Cessna 172RG, Boulder, CO, May 10, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2002, 13:15 local time
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Airport: Boulder Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0394° N, 105.2261° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER MUNI (BDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0394&lon=-105.2261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6529V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6529V) (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: 220 total, 4 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020510012069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATING FROM BOULDER, COLORADO, THE PILOT REPORTED HEARING A THUMP, SIMILAR TO THE SOUND INITIAL LANDING GEAR EXTENSION MAKES. THE PILOT ELECTED TO DIVERT TO MEADOWLAKE (00V) DUE TO HIGH WINDS AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT, HAYS, KANSAS (HYS). PILOT REDUCED POWER AND DESCENDED INTO MEADOWLAKE. THE GEAR HORN ACTIVATED AND AFTER EXTENDING THE GEAR AND THE HORN DID NOT CEASE. PILOT PUMPED THE EMERGENCY GEAR HANDLE 50 TIMES AND VISUAL CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT CONTACTED FLATIRON AVIATION, A FIX BASE OPERATION (FBO) AT BOULDER AIRPORT AND SAID THAT THE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE PILOT EXECUTED A GEAR UP LANDING. THE AIRPLANE IS OWNED BY PERREULT AIRCRAFT SERVICES LLC., OF BOULDER, COLORADO.

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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