# Incident 20070512020309I: Cessna 172RG, Kent, OH, May 12, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2007, 17:52 local time
- Place: Kent, OH
- Airport: Kent State Univ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1457° N, 81.3644° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kent, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1457&lon=-81.3644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9592B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9592B-2015-05-21) (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: 300 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070512020309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN WAS TAKING AN ADDITIONAL RATING CHECKRIDE WITH DPE. DURING TURN ONTO RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF, NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. DPE NOTICED GEAR HANDLE WAS UP. PILOT IN COMMAND DID NOT REMEMBER TOUCHING THE GEAR HANDLE AS HE TOOK THE RUNWAY AND DIDN'T KNOW IF HE INADVERTENTLY MOVED IT, OR BUMPED IT WITH HIS LEG. DPE HAD HIS VISION TO THE RIGHT, CHECKING FOR TRAFFIC ON FINAL, WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED AND DID NOT SEE ANY MOVEMENT AROUND THE GEAR HANDLE. DAMAGE WAS MINOR. FAA INSPECTOR ARRIVING AT FIELD FOR OTHER BUSINESS SHORTLY THEREAFTER INSPECTED AIRPLANE AND SPOKE WITH PILOTS. AN FAA INSPECTOR CONDUCTED OBSERVED RIDE WITH DPE WHICH WAS SATISFACTORY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N9592B (2)

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

- [Incident 20020424019489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020424019489I), Apr 24, 2002: Cessna 172RG (N9592B), Islip, NY, Minor damage. (-23) During landing at li macarthur airport, ronkonkoma, NY N9592B did not have gear extended. The before landing checklist was not completed. Upon touchdown…
- [Incident 19910402015659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910402015659I), Apr 2, 1991: Cessna 172RG (N9592B), Chicago/West Ch, IL, Minor damage. Unable to lower landing gear and landed gear up. Found right hand landing gear pivot assembly had sheared off.

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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