# Incident 20050826019649I: Cessna 172RG, Arkadelphia, AR, August 26, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2005, 12:40 local time
- Place: Arkadelphia, AR
- Airport: Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: H2US
- Location: 34.1274° N, 93.0709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arkadelphia, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1274&lon=-93.0709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9795B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9795B) (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: 400 total, 100 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050826019649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 26TH, 2005, AT 12:40 CDT, A CESSNA CE-172RG, N9795B, LANDED AT THE ARKADELPHIA AIRPORT (M89), ARKADELPHIA, ARKANSAS, WITHOUT HAVING EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR. THE TWO OCCUPANTS, A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PRIVATE PILOT (COMMERCIAL STUDENT), DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES, AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE HENDERSON UNIVERSITY AVIATION PROGRAM WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 141. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ARKADELPHIA AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 CDT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PRIVATE PILOT (COMMERCIAL STUDENT) WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION ON SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURES AT ALTITUDE. THE PILOT STATED THIS WAS HIS 3RD POWER OFF LANDING IN A ROW AND HE WAS DISTRACTED WITH THE MANEUVER. HE DID NOT COMPLETE THE FINAL "GUMPS" BEFORE LANDING CHECK AND FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE CFI REALIZED THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE TOUCHDOWN AT WHICH POINT HE TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE UPON LANDING.

## Other reports on N9795B (4)

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

- [Incident 20220414005449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220414005449I), Apr 14, 2022: Cessna 172RG (N9795B), Miami, FL, Minor damage. The pilot was conducting a proficiency checkride as a requirement for obtaining an assistant cheif pilot position with his company. While conducting a short…
- [Accident 20210508003999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210508003999A), May 8, 2021: Cessna 172RG (N9795B), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. Cessna 172RG N9795B 1982,f.o.b. 48 us gal. (3) souls o/b p.I.c. [privacy data omitted] C.f.I. ,left seat pax [privacy data omitted]p.p.l. , pax aft. Seat left…
- [Incident 20070419006119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070419006119I), Apr 19, 2007: Cessna 172RG (N9795B), Arkadelphia, AR, Minor damage. (-23) On April 19, 2007 at approximately 1845 CST, Cessna 172RG, N9795B experienced minor damage due to an unintentional gear up landing at Arkadelphia,…
- [Incident 19991220034979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991220034979I), Dec 20, 1999: Cessna 172RG (N9795B), Hayward, CA, Minor damage. (-23) PIC declared an emergency at san carlos airport for a gear unsafe condition. San carlos diverted to hwd for better emergency equipment. Nose and right…

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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