# Incident 20031020031619I: Cessna 172RG, Norman, OK, October 20, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2003, 19:45 local time
- Place: Norman, OK
- Airport: University Of Oklahoma
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: QFGS
- Location: 35.2226° N, 97.4395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norman, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2226&lon=-97.4395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5487R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5487R-2017-05-12) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 50 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031020031619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THE FIRST TOUCH AND GO LANDING THE GEAR CAME DOWN NORMALLY. THE GEAR WAS RAISED AND LOCKED WITH POSITIVE INDICATION. THE GEAR HANDLE WAS LOWERED AND GEAR APPEARED TO CYCLE DOWN BUT THE GEAR DOWN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. PILOT INFORMED TOWER AND REQUESTED AN AREA TO TROUBLESHOOT MALFUNCTION. AIRMAN FLIGHT SCHOOL WAS NOTIFIED AND CAME UP ON 123.75 TO ASSIST IN TROUBLESHOOTING MALFUNCTION. EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS GONE THROUGH 4 OR 5 TIMES. DIFFERENT WAYS WERE TRIED TO LOWER GEAR. TOWER FLY-BY CONFIRMED LEFT MAIN WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. DECISION WAS MADE TO RETRACT GEAR AND DO A GEAR UP LANDING. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED PROP DAMAGE AND LOWER FUSELAGE DAMAGE FROM IMPACTING THE 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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