# Incident 20070126000669I: Cessna 172RG, Coalinga, CA, January 26, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2007, 10:50 local time
- Place: Coalinga, CA
- Airport: Harris Ranch Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2481° N, 120.2385° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRIS RANCH (3O8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2481&lon=-120.2385&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5552R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5552R-2007-06-22) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 30 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070126000669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 01/26/2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1050 HOURS PST, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^, PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF CESSNA AIRCRAFT, N5552R, LANDED AT THE HARRIS RANCH AIRPORT (3O8), COALINGA, CA, WITH THE LANDING RETRACTED. N5552R WAS OPERATING UNDER 14CFR91 IN VFR CONDITIONS FROM DAVIS UNIVERSITY AIRPORT (EDU), DAVIS, CA, TO 3O8. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY^ STATED HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT 3O8 FOR LANDING RUNWAY 32 AND PERFORMED A PRE-LANDING CHECK. HE ACKNOWLEDGED HE DID NOT LOWER THE LANDING GEAR DURING THE CHECK, AND HE DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE OMISSION UNTIL THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY ON LANDING. N5552R LANDED IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND SLID APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS BEFORE DEPARTING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET EAST OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY AND PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N5552R (1)

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

- [Incident 19880618043779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880618043779I), Jun 18, 1988: Cessna 172RG (N5552R), Concord, CA, Minor damage. Lost oil pressure vibration on level off. Shut down engine and returned. Loose oil line at cooler caused oil loss.

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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