20040325006609I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Vincennes, IN · March 25, 2004

Date: March 25, 2004 · 07:30 local
Place: Vincennes, IN
Airport: O'Neal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: KQ8S
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6405V
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,737 total250 in this make and model135 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) While conducting a simulated in-flight emergency scenario near the Vincennes-O'Neal Airport, the flight instructor and the commercial student pilot utilized the airport as the desired location to conduct a landing. In performing the maneuver, both pilots neglected to lower the landing gear prior to touchdown on the grass runway. The two airmen sustained no injuries as a result of this event and the aircraft received minor damage. The incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE CONDUCTING A SIMULATED IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY SCENARIO NEAR THE VINCENNES-O'NEAL AIRPORT, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE COMMERCIAL STUDENT PILOT UTILIZED THE AIRPORT AS THE DESIRED LOCATION TO CONDUCT A LANDING. IN PERFORMING THE MANEUVER, BOTH PILOTS NEGLECTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN ON THE GRASS RUNWAY. THE TWO AIRMEN SUSTAINED NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.