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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Ehrenburg, AZ · April 22, 2007

Date: April 22, 2007 · 13:52 local
Place: Ehrenburg, AZ
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N737RF
Reported as: Cessna 172N
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 14,720 total6 in this make and model122 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot accidentally extended the landing gear shortly before landing the amphibian aircraft on the Colorado river. The aircraft started taking on water and the four on board were able to exit the aircraft without injuries. They were picked up by a passing fishing boat. The location of the incident was within California and one mile north of Ehrenburg, AZ. The aircraft was still buoyant enough to be towed to the shore.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ACCIDENTALLY EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR SHORTLY BEFORE LANDING THE AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT ON THE COLORADO RIVER. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TAKING ON WATER AND THE FOUR ON BOARD WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURIES. THEY WERE PICKED UP BY A PASSING FISHING BOAT. THE LOCATION OF THE INCIDENT WAS WITHIN CALIFORNIA AND ONE MILE NORTH OF EHRENBURG, AZ. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL BUOYANT ENOUGH TO BE TOWED TO THE SHORE.