# Incident 20030930023089I: Cessna 172RG, Miami, FL, September 30, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2003, 14:45 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4634V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4634V-2013-12-23) (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: 900 total, 100 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030930023089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 09/30/03, N4634V, A CESSNA MODEL, 172RG DEPARTED NORTH PERRY AIRPORT, HWO ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PRIVATE PILOT WERE ONBOARD. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS RECEIVING TRAINING TOWARDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE. DUE TO WEATHER, THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO OPA LOCKA AIRPORT, OPF TO PRACTICE TOUCH AND GOES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR TOUCH AND GOES ON RWY 9R, RIGHT TRAFFIC. TWO LANDINGS WERE ACCOMPLISHED AND ON THE THIRD TAKE OFF, THE PILOTS WERE ADVISED TO SWITCH TO LEFT TRAFFIC. ON THE THIRD LANDING THE PILOTS FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, WHICH RESULTED IN A GEAR UP LANDING. DURING THE ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR LEVER WAS IN THE UP/RETRACT POSITION. THE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL THAT RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT STATED THAT DURING THE RECOVERY, THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION WITHOUT INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N4634V (1)

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

- [Incident 20060919020899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060919020899I), Sep 19, 2006: Cessna 172RG (N4634V), Miami, FL, Minor damage. (-23) N4634V Cessna 172 rg which departed orlando sanford international airport (ksfb) on 9/19/06 with 2 flight instructors from delta connection academy a FAA…

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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