# Incident 20030501007939I: Cessna 172RG, Bowling Green, OH, May 1, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2003, 17:15 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3791° N, 83.6479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bowling Green, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3791&lon=-83.6479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9688B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9688B-2024-05-24) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 25 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030501007939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS FLYING FROM RIGHT SEAT IN PREPARATION FOR HIS CFI CHECKRIDE. LEFT SEAT WAS OCCUPIED BY PILOT RATED PASSENGER. PILOT WAS EXECUTING A POWER OFF SPOT LANDING AND NEGLECTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE MINOR, NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N9688B (4)

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

- [Incident 20221227020659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221227020659I), Dec 27, 2022: Cessna 172RG (N9688B), Deer Valley, AZ, Minor damage. On December 27, 2022, at 6:30PM, at the Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (dvt), aircraft[privacy data omitted] made an emergency landing with the landing gear…
- [Incident 20110903021139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110903021139I), Sep 3, 2011: Cessna 172RG (N9688B), Belleville, MI, Minor damage. Pilot made ten touch and goes. While performing the 11th turn around the airport traffic pattern; during the take off phase of the flight, the pilot reached…
- [Incident 20081118854019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081118854019I), Nov 18, 2008: Cessna 172RG (N9688B), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. (-23) While "cleaning the aircraft up" for the takeoff phase of touch and go the PIC moved the landing gear handle to the up position resulting in retraction…
- [Accident 19890410007659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890410007659A), Apr 10, 1989: Cessna 172RG (N9688B), Dayton, OH, Substantial damage. Left main gear collapsed on landing. Chafed micro switch wire shorted and stopped gear motor with gear not locked.

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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