# Incident 20020604014739I: Cessna 172RG, Orlando, FL, June 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2002, 14:15 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Simulated Forced Landing/Tkof
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5267U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5267U-2009-09-04) (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: 943 total, 320 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020604014739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 06-04-2002, DANIEL HAGER, A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CANDIDATE, AND JOSE ABELLA, WHO WAS MR. HAGER'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, WERE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY NINE RIGHT AT ORLANDO-SANFORD AIRPORT, SANFORD, FLORIDA. ON CROSSWIND, MR. ABELLA REDUCED POWER TO IDLE IN ORDER TO SIMULATE AN ENGINE FAILURE. MR. HAGER MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON RUNWAY TWO SEVEN LEFT, BUT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. MR. ABELLA FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED, AND BOTH PILOTS ALLOWED CESSNA 172RG, N5267U, TO LAND GEAR UP. NEITHER PILOT WAS INJURED, AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N5267U (2)

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

- [Incident 19990622007309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990622007309I), Jun 22, 1999: Cessna 172RG (N5267U), Titusville, FL, Minor damage. Pilot landed long at Arthur Dunn airpark, attempted a go-around, aborted go-around, ran off end of rwy.
- [Incident 19990301039479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990301039479I), Mar 1, 1999: Cessna 172RG (N5267U), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Nose gear would not extend on landing. Acft landed with nose gear up. Maintenance found l/h nose gear door aft bracket rubbing on nose gear strut, causing nose…

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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