# Incident 20070310003299I: Cessna 172RG, Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands, March 10, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2007, 13:54 local time
- Place: Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Cyril E King Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JLZA
- Location: 18.3373° N, 64.9733° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CYRIL E KING (STT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3373&lon=-64.9733&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345CH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N345CH) (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: 4,020 total, 1,532 in this make and model, 221 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070310003299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON LANDING, THE PILOT PLACED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER IN THE DOWN POSITION AND HEARD AND FELT THE GEAR GO DOWN BUT DID NOT GET A GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHT. HE CHECKED THE GEAR VISUALLY AND CONFIRMED BOTH MAIN GEAR WERE DOWN AND LOCKED. HE THEN FLEW BY THE CONTROL TOWER WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. THE PILOT DEPARTED THE PATTERN AND MADE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE GEAR MANUALLY BUT TO NO AVAIL. AFTER THIS THE PILOT MADE THE APPROACH TO ST. THOMAS AIRPORT USING A SOFT FIELD TECHNIQUE JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN AND SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN WITH THE PROPELLER IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGES TO THE NOSE WHEEL GEAR DOORS. HE WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT IN THE AIRCRAFT AND SUFFERED NO PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL INJURIES.

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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