# Accident 20030929025079A: Cessna 172RG, Santa Ana, CA, September 29, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2003, 17:00 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6756° N, 117.8692° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6756&lon=-117.8692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9564B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9564B-2025-12-30) (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 O360*
- Pilot flight hours: 410 total, 61 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA290) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030929025079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) GEAR MALFUNCTION DURING ATTEMPT TO EXTEND GEAR IN TRAFFIC PATTERN. PILOT DEPARTED PATTERN AND ATTEMPTED SEVERAL REMEDIES TO FIX THE SITUATION TO NO AVAIL. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES. ON OCTOBER 1, 2003, AN AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR OBSERVED THE FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE GEAR AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT PIVOT ASSEMBLY HAD FAILED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX03LA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA290), Sep 30, 2003: Cessna 172RG (N9564B), Santa Ana, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the right main landing gear pivot assembly.

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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