# Incident 20050515008729I: Cessna 172RG, Clearwater, FL, May 15, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2005, 10:30 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: Clearwater Air Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9767° N, 82.7587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Clearwater Air Park (CLW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9767&lon=-82.7587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5287V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5287V-2011-05-13) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 10 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050515008729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 15, 2005, AT 1030 HOURS EDT, A CESSNA 172 RG, N5287V, REGISTERED TO CLEARWATER AIRPARK INC., WAS LANDED GEAR UP AT CLEARWATER AIRPARK, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A PRIVATE LOCAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE CLEARWATER AIRPARK A FEW MINUTES EARLIER.

## Other reports on N5287V (1)

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

- [Incident 19950527021359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950527021359I), May 27, 1995: Cessna 172RG (N5287V), Clearwater, FL, Minor damage. Traffic conflict on landing. Raised gear to go around then saw clear. Flared gear up. Went around. Bent prop tips.

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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