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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Norman, OK · June 18, 2003

Date: June 18, 2003 · 14:00 local
Place: Norman, OK
Airport: University Of Oklahoma
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5082U
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
Reported engine: Lycoming O360*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 208 total14 in this make and model81 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During a commercial pilot certification practical test the pilot, Mr. Lund, failed to lower the landing gear before landing. The pilot and the examiner state that the presence of another aircraft in the pattern, that they had been cleared to land behind, was a distraction. They state that they had to extend the down wind to accomodate the other aircraft and that the final decision to land came very close to the touch down due to concern as to whether or not the aircraft in front of them was going to be clear of the runway. Mr. Lund determined that the aircraft in front of them had cleared the runway and proceeded to land. Both the pilot and the examiner state that the gear horn failed to sound. Minor damage to the aircraft was the result of the gear up landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATION PRACTICAL TEST THE PILOT, MR. LUND, FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE LANDING. THE PILOT AND THE EXAMINER STATE THAT THE PRESENCE OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN, THAT THEY HAD BEEN CLEARED TO LAND BEHIND, WAS A DISTRACTION. THEY STATE THAT THEY HAD TO EXTEND THE DOWN WIND TO ACCOMODATE THE OTHER AIRCRAFT AND THAT THE FINAL DECISION TO LAND CAME VERY CLOSE TO THE TOUCH DOWN DUE TO CONCERN AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF THEM WAS GOING TO BE CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY. MR. LUND DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF THEM HAD CLEARED THE RUNWAY AND PROCEEDED TO LAND. BOTH THE PILOT AND THE EXAMINER STATE THAT THE GEAR HORN FAILED TO SOUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS THE RESULT OF THE GEAR UP LANDING.