# Incident 20050701019419I: Cessna 172RG, Robbinsville, NJ, July 1, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2005, 16:00 local time
- Place: Robbinsville, NJ
- Airport: Trenton-Robbinsville Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2139° N, 74.6018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRENTON-ROBBINSVILLE (N87), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2139&lon=-74.6018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5137U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5137U-2017-01-17) (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: 257 total, 69 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050701019419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS AT N87 FOR 100 HOUR INSPECTION. PILOT WAS TO FLY AIRCRAFT BACK TO ITS BASE AT TTN. PILOT STATED "AFTER A THOROUGH PRE-FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT AND CONFIRMATION FROM MECHANIC THAT AIRPLANE WAS READY AFTER COMPLETION OF 100 HR INSPECTION. GOT IN AIRPLANE, TAXIED FOR TAKEOFF. TOOK RUNWAY FOR DEPARTURE AND WENT TO FULL POWER. APPROXIMATELY 1/3 DOWN THE RUNWAY FELT THE NOSE START TO SINK RAPIDLY. AT THAT POINT I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND PULLED POWER AND MIXTURE AND HUNG ON TIGHT. WHEN AIRCRAFT STOPPED, EXITED THE AIRPLANE AND INFORMED THE MECHANICS OF THE PROBLEM." A THOROUGH INSPECTION OF THE DAMAGED AREA AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS AND RETRACTED A SLIGHT BEND IN THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTION ACTUATOR. THIS SLIGHT BEND KEPT THE LEFT LOCKING PAWL FROM COMPLETELY ENGAGING THE LOCK PIN ON ONE OF FIVE ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THIS DID NOT GIVE AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR INDICATION DUE TO THE INDICATOR SWITCH BEING ON THE RIGHT SIDE LOCKING PAWL. SEE BLOCK 32 FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION. THIS INVESTIGATION CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N5137U (1)

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

- [Incident 19850326014929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850326014929I), Mar 26, 1985: Cessna 172RG (N5137U), Islip, NY. Difficulty with nose gear extension. Safe indication finally and landed. Nose gear door improperly rigged and fit.

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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