# Incident 20060518007379I: Cessna 172RG, Mountain View, CA, May 18, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2006, 14:33 local time
- Place: Mountain View, CA
- Airport: Moffett Field Nas
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3997° N, 122.0793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mountain View, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3997&lon=-122.0793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6190R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6190R) (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: 1,795 total, 415 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060518007379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 18, 2006, ABOUT 1433 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172RG MADE AN INTENTIONAL GEAR UP LANDING AT MOFFETT AIR FIELD (NUG). THE AIRCRAFT HAS MINOR DAMAGE AND BOTH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR THAT THE PILOT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED PALO ALTO AIRPORT (PAO) UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AND WERE ENROUTE TO FIREBAUGH AIRPORT (Q49). WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. THEY ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT FULLY RETRACT. THE PILOT RETURNED TO PAO WHERE THEY SUGGESTED THAT THEY FLY AROUND AND BURN OFF SOME FUEL THEN DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND LAND AT NUQ.

## Other reports on N6190R (1)

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

- [Incident 20040116000509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040116000509I), Jan 16, 2004: Cessna 172RG (N6190R), Palo Alto, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On 01/16/04 at approximately 1357 PST aircraft N6190R departed rwy 31 from Palo Alto municipal airport (pao). Aircraft remained in r/h traffic pattern…

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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