# Incident 20040723016209I: Cessna 172RG, Tulsa, OK, July 23, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2004, 08:30 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DF2S
- Location: 36.1540° N, 95.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulsa, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1540&lon=-95.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5243U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5243U-2018-03-05) (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: 3,400 total, 430 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/20040723016209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE CFI AND HER STUDENT WERE PRACTICING LANDING AT KRVS. THE CFI STATED THAT THERE WAS HEAVY TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN AND THIS CAUSED HER TO EXTEND HER DOWNWIND. THE CFI ELECTED TO DEFER EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR WHEN THE CHECKLIST CALLED FOR IT DUE TO THE ABNORMAL PATTERN. AS THE AIRCRAFT TURNED BASE, THE CFI TOOK CONTROL BECAUSE THE STUDENT WAS TOO HIGH TO MAKE THE LANDING. THE CFI EXPRESSED THAT SHE WAS VERY DISTRACTED BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC AT KRVS, THE STUDENT'S PERFORMANCE, AND THE FACT THAT SHE THOUGHT THE ENGINE MAY BE RUNNING ROUGH. SHE STATED THAT AS SHE FLARED, SHE HEARD A PINGING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE (MOST LIKELY THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY) AND THOUGHT THE ENGINE WAS ABOUT TO FAIL. SHE CLOSED THE THROTTLE AND THEN HEARD THE AIRCRAFT UNDERSIDE CONTACT THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ALONG THE CENTERLINE. SHE SAID THAT IT WAS THEN THAT SHE REALIZED THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION. THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE COMMENTED THAT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION WHEN HE ARRIVED ON SCENE.

## Other reports on N5243U (2)

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

- [Incident 20030316005219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030316005219I), Mar 16, 2003: Cessna 172RG (N5243U), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. (-23) After touchdown, the left wing lifted and during recovery the propeller struck the runway.
- [Incident 19940412010899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940412010899I), Apr 12, 1994: Cessna 172RG (N5243U), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. Student pilot lost control during crosswind landing. Instructor anastasakos tried to correct. Propeller hit 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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