# Incident 20030811028749I: Cessna 172RG, Seward, NE, August 11, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2003, 12:00 local time
- Place: Seward, NE
- Airport: Seward Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8647° N, 97.1092° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEWARD MUNI (SWT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8647&lon=-97.1092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N369NE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N369NE) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030811028749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE CFI WAS GIVING INSTRUCTION TO A PRIVATE PILOT WHEN ON THIRD TAKEOFF THEY DID NOT GET A GEAR UP ANC LOCK LIGHT. THE GEAR PUMP MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. THE PRIVATE PILOT PUSHED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER IN AND THE AMBER LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ON THE FOLLOWING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO SOFT DIRT. THE LANDING GEAR PUMP CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED AND THE MAIN GEAR PARTIALLY COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED. DURING INCIDENT INVESTIGATION THE GROUND MARKS INDICATE THAT THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED BUT ONLY THE NOSE GEAR STAYED DOWN AND LOCKED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BACK TO LINCOLN, NE, WHERE IT WAS PUT ON JACKS AND THE GEAR SWING TEST WAS SATISFACTORY. APPROXIMATELY 25 HOURS LATER DURING A 100 HOUR INSPECTION THERE WAS PROBLEMS WHEN THE GEAR WAS CHECKED. THE PRESSURE SWITCH WOULD NOT RELEASE UNTIL 2000 PSI. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED THE PRESSURE SWITCH AND REPLACED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. ON 9/23/03 AT KANSAS CITY INT'L AIRPORT THE PILOT PUT THE GEAR DOWN, SAW THE GEAR EXTEND, AND HAD A GREEN LIGHT, BUT ON SHORT FINAL NOTICED THE GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION. THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO AROUND, RECYCLED THE GEAR AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO LINCOLN, NE.

## Other reports on N369NE (1)

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

- [Incident 20100304028459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100304028459I), Mar 4, 2010: Cessna 172RG (N369NE), Casper, WY, Minor damage. Pilot actuated gear handle on the ground roll

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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