# Incident 20040606010329I: Cessna 172RG, Cedar Rapids, IA, June 6, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2004, 19:37 local time
- Place: Cedar Rapids, IA
- Airport: Cedar Rapids Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0083° N, 91.6441° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar Rapids, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0083&lon=-91.6441&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4687V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4687V) (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: 1,621 total, 1,550 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040606010329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED EPHRAIM, WISCONSIN, ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN ENROUTE TO OXFORD, IOWA. AFTER APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, A "BANG" WAS HEARD BY THE PILOT FOLLOWED BY A "SHUTTER" IN THE CONTROLS. THE PILOT FURTHER OBSERVED THAT THE LANDING GEAR STATUS LIGHT DID NOT INDICATE THAT THE GEAR WAS UP AND LOCKED INTO POSITION. A DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT TO CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, AND CLEARANCE WAS GRANTED FOR A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13. ALL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, INCLUDING THE USE OF THE EMERGENCY HAND PUMP, WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. CEDAR RAPIDS ATC CONFIRMED THAT THE MAIN GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED INTO POSITION FOR LANDING, BUT THE NOSE GEAR WAS EXTENDED. AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO LAND ON BOTH PARTIALLY EXTENDED MAINS AND THE NOSE GEAR, COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET DOWN RUNWAY 13, JUST SHORT OF TAXIWAY B. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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