# Incident 20030908024599I: Cessna 172RG, St Paul, MN, September 8, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2003, 11:14 local time
- Place: St Paul, MN
- Airport: St Paul Downtown Holman Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9346° N, 93.0604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST PAUL DOWNTOWN HOLMAN FLD (STP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9346&lon=-93.0604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6180R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6180R-2017-05-16) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 582 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030908024599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON ENTERING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, PILOT EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTIES EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR. AFTER RECYCLING GEAR AND FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDED CHECKLIST PROCEDURES, THE AIRCRAFT OVER FLEW THE TOWER TO CHECK THE GEAR. THE RIGHT GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. THE PILOT AND STUDENT MADE A GEAR UP EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE GRASS ALONG SIDE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ONLY RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND NEITHER PASSENGER WAS INJURED. UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR PIVOT ARM WAS FOUND TO BE SHEARED THEREFORE CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO FAIL TO EXTEND.

## Other reports on N6180R (2)

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

- [Accident 20081109851389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081109851389A), Nov 9, 2008: Cessna 172RG (N6180R), Manville, NJ, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot refused to give information regarding the accident. [privacy data omitted], Owner of the aircraft and privilege aero, gave the following facts…
- [Incident 19810401022029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810401022029I), Apr 1, 1981: Cessna 172 (N6180R), Indianpolis, IN. During landing rollout directional control lost and aircraft ran off runway.

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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