# Incident 20050129001189I: Cessna 172N, Newport, RI, January 29, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2005, 11:40 local time
- Place: Newport, RI
- Airport: Newport State Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5324° N, 71.2815° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWPORT STATE (UUU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5324&lon=-71.2815&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3568E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3568E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 110 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050129001189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED DIFFICULTY CLIMBING AFTER FIRST TOUCH AND GO, AND WAS CONCERNED AIRCRAFT MIGHT SETTLE INTO TREES ON CLIMB OUT. HE FOUND THE RIGHT FLAP TO BE BENT, CREATING EXTRA DRAG. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. AFTER GOING AROUND ON THE FIRST ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING, A SECOND, SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT WAS MADE. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE FLAP ITSELF, AND APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF THE OUTBOARD BEARING ON THE RIGHT FLAP. IT APPARENTLY SEIZED DURING RETRACTION, CAUSING THE FLAP MOTOR TO PULL THE FLAP OUT OF SHAPE AS IT ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT THE FLAP.

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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