# Incident 20050921026249I: Cessna 172RG, Winchester, VA, September 21, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2005, 13:55 local time
- Place: Winchester, VA
- Airport: Winchester Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1435° N, 78.1444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINCHESTER RGNL (OKV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1435&lon=-78.1444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9709B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9709B) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 400 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050921026249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT TOOK OFF TO GO TO SHENANDOAH REGIONAL AIRPORT (SHD). NEARING SHD PILOT OBSERVED CLOUDS AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO WINCHESTER REGIONAL AIRPORT (OKV). WHEN APPROACHING OKV PILOT OVERHEARD RADIO CONVERSATION CONCERNING "SQUIRRELY" AIR ON APPROACH TO WINCHESTER. BEING CONCERNED ABOUT THE LANDING CONDITION THE PILOT PLANNED TO LAND WITH EXTRA POWER. PILOT STATED, "I JUST FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN."

## Other reports on N9709B (1)

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

- [Incident 19860223009939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860223009939I), Feb 23, 1986: Cessna 172RG (N9709B), Mcalester, OK, Minor damage. Landing was made without extending the gear. Warning horn sound was weak.

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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