# Incident 20060316004479I: Cessna 172RG, Tulsa, OK, March 16, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2006, 13:17 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SODS
- Location: 36.1540° N, 95.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulsa, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1540&lon=-95.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9724B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9724B-2026-10-01) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060316004479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ON A LOCAL FAR 141 TRAINING FLIGHT AT RIVERSIDE AIRPORT (RVS), THE STUDENT AND CFI HEARD AN UNUSUAL THUD SOUND AND THE CFI STATED THAT THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED. AFTER ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, THE CFI STATED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR EXTENDED HALF WAY DOWN. ATTEMPTS TO RECYCLE THE GEAR AND MANUALLY EXTEND THE GEAR, THIS ACTION WOULD NOT EXTEND/RETRACT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THE CFI STATED THAT AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES OF ATTEMPTING TO EXTEND THE GEAR, HE DECIDED TO MAKE A GEAR UP LANDING. AFTER RETRACTING THE GEAR, THE NOSE AND LEFT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED, BUT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS STOPPED ABOUT ONE FOOT OUTSIDE OF THE WHEEL WELL. THE CFI STATED THAT HE INSTRUCTED ATC THAT HE WOULD BE MAKING A GEAR UP LANDING, ENTERED LEFT TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 31. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE CENTERLINE AND SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET TO A STOP.

## Other reports on N9724B (1)

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

- [Accident 19990910041029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990910041029A), Sep 10, 1999: Cessna 172RG (N9724B), Fort Smith, AR, No damage. (-23) Enroute from pwa to lit, the oilot reported that he observed oil pressure out of limits high. He elected to land at fsm in order to have the problem…

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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