# Incident 20060109000489I: Cessna 172RG, New Bedford, MA, January 9, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2006, 10:55 local time
- Place: New Bedford, MA
- Airport: New Bedford Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 41.6766° N, 70.9578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW BEDFORD RGNL (EWB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6766&lon=-70.9578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6398V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6398V-2006-03-15) (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: 1,015 total, 145 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060109000489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PIC INSTRUCTOR PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED STATED DURING FLIGHT MANEUVERS THE RIGHT MAIN AMBER GEAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RECYCLE THE GEAR WITH NO HELP. THE PIC TRIED TO RECYCLE THE GEAR DOWN THEN BACK UP HE DID NOT RECEIVE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR GREEN LIGHT. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED AND AN ATTEMPT TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE GEAR WITH NO HELP. THE PIC REQUESTED A FLY BY OF THE NEW BEDFORD TOWER FOR VERIFICATION OF AN UNLOCKED GEAR. THE TOWER VERIFIED THE RIGHT GEAR ABNORMAL INDICATION. THE PIC LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED ON RUNWAY 23 WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE CONSISTS OF GROUND DOWN ANTENNAS, NOSE GEAR DOOR AND THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE BELLY SKIN AFT OF THE GEAR DOORS.

## Other reports on N6398V (1)

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

- [Incident 19860806057039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860806057039I), Aug 6, 1986: Cessna 172RG (N6398V), Livermore, CA, Minor damage. Tower saw aircraft about to land gear up. Advised to go around. Prop tips hit runway. Circled and landed gear down.

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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