# Incident 20040803025569I: Cessna 172RG, St Petersburg-C, FL, August 3, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2004, 11:30 local time
- Place: St Petersburg-C, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5276U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5276U-2018-01-04) (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: 2,100 total, 300 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040803025569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 3, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 HOURS, N5276U, A CESSNA 172RG, SERIAL NUMBER 172RG0319, REGISTERED TO 5276U ENTERPRISES LLC, LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE GEAR HAD BEEN INTENTIONALLY RETRACTED FOR LANDING DUE TO THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR BREAKING IN FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CLEARWATER AIRPARK (CLW) 15 MINUTES PRIOR.

## Other reports on N5276U (5)

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

- [Accident 20140801015029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140801015029A), Aug 1, 2014: Cessna 172RG (N5276U), Apalachicola, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed runway 24 at Apalachicola, FL (aaf) and experienced no problems. Pilot decided to perform a normal landing due to the aircraft having a…
- [Incident 20130510006429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130510006429I), May 10, 2013: Cessna 172RG (N5276U), Clearwater, FL, Minor damage. Pilot under CFI instruction failed to lower the landing gear prior to landing. Pilot stated that after one successful landing CFI instructed him to leave the…
- [Incident 20120505029119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120505029119I), May 5, 2012: Cessna 172RG (N5276U), Crystal River, FL, Minor damage. Pilot was practicing precision landings with 180 degree turns. Pilot failed to lower the landing gear prior to touch down.
- [Incident 19890508045029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890508045029I), May 8, 1989: Cessna 172RG (N5276U), Knoxville, IA, Minor damage. Engine failure, precautionary landing. Exhaust valve servicing NR3 cylinder broke.
- [Accident 19830106000489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830106000489A), Jan 6, 1983: Cessna 172RG (N5276U), San Angelo, TX, Destroyed. Engine failed. Elected to land gear down in a plowed field. Flipped over. Failed valve went through a rocker cover.

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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