# Incident 20030325003179I: Cessna 172RG, Midland, TX, March 25, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2003, 18:23 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0365° N, 102.1015° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIDLAND AIRPARK (MDD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0365&lon=-102.1015&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9773B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9773B) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030325003179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 25, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 6:10 PM, CESSNA AIRCRAFT, N9773B, LANDED RUNWAY 34 AT MIDLAND AIRPARK, MIDLAND, TEXAS (MDD). AFTER LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR DOORS, AND LOWER FORWARD COWLING WERE DAMAGED IN THE INCIDENT. THE PILOT MR. SAMUEL R. MADISON, STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER LANDING HE HEARD A RADIO CALL FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WHO HAD APPARENTLY HAD TO MAKE EVASIVE MANEUVERS TO AVOID COLLISION WITH MR. MADISON AIRCRAFT WHEN MR. MADISON TURNED ON FINAL (SEE ATTACHED STATEMENT FROM MR. MADISON). IN HIS STATEMENT MR. MADISON SAYS HE INADVERTENTLY MOVED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH TO THE UP POSITION WHILE CLEANING UP THE AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING. THE MISTAKE WAS ATTRIBUTED TO HIM BEING STARTLED BY THE RADIO CALL FROM THE OTHER AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

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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