# Incident 20040713024699I: Cessna 172RG, Newton, KS, July 13, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2004, 16:45 local time
- Place: Newton, KS
- Airport: Newton-City-County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OQDS
- Location: 38.0571° N, 97.2752° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWTON-CITY-COUNTY (EWK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0571&lon=-97.2752&mi=10
- Aircraft: N951HC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N951HC) (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: 550 total, 85 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040713024699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH FOR LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE MAIN GEAR, STOPPED THE ENGINE, AND ROTATED THE PROP HORIZONTALLY. AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED AND THE NOSE DROPPED TO THE RUNWAY, ONLY THE NOSE GEAR DOORS CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, AND WERE DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N951HC (1)

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

- [Incident 20150623010079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150623010079I), Jun 23, 2015: Cessna 172RG (N951HC), Newton, KS, Minor damage. On June 23, 2015 at approximately 1540 local time, a private pilot was involved in an aircraft incident while practicing takeoffs and landings at the Newton…

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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