# Incident 20030904023899I: Cessna 172RG, Houston, TX, September 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2003, 10:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4221, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4221-2023-12-26) (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: 1,268 total, 85 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030904023899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED A "POP" WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED ON TAKEOFF. NO OTHER ANOMALIES WERE NOTED AT THAT TIME. UPON RETURN TO THE SAME AIRPORT, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND COMPLETELY. THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE TOWER THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO INITIATE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO RETRACT THE GEAR AND MADE A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY GEAR UP LANDING WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. POST EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM BY A 14 CFR PART 145 REPAIR STATION REVEALED THAT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR HAD FRACTURED AND FAILED. THE REPAIR STATION WILL SUBMIT A MALFUNCTION DEFECT REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THEIR INSPECTION PROCEDURES MANUAL.

## Other reports on N4221 (1)

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

- [Incident 19960424029589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960424029589I), Apr 24, 1996: Cessna 172RG (N4221), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot was flying a VFR pleasure flight after making a normal landing and turning off the runway, the pilot mistakenly raised the gear lever to the…

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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