# Incident 20070712012379I: Cessna 172RG, Wingate, NC, July 12, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2007, 13:30 local time
- Place: Wingate, NC
- Airport: Arant
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0560° N, 80.4501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARANT (1NC6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0560&lon=-80.4501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6200R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6200R) (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: 9,400 total, 300 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070712012379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED HE PLACED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION AS HE WAS MAKING THE APPROACH TO AIRPORT, 1NC6. DURING THE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED DOWN TO THE GRASS RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION AND THE MAIN GEAR FOLDED REARWARD. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AND THE MAIN GEAR WAS MANUALLY PUMPED TO THE DOWN POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED. THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR WAS FOUND TO HAVE HEAVY CURRENT DRAW WHEN IT IS ACTIVATED. THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WILL TRIP WHEN BATTERY POWER WAS USED TO CYCLE LANDING GEAR. WHEN EXTERNAL POWER WAS USED THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR WORKS NORMAL, BUT STILL HAS A HIGH CURRENT DRAW.

## Other reports on N6200R (2)

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

- [Incident 20080522842469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080522842469I), May 22, 2008: Cessna 172RG (N6200R), Monroe, NC, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] was landing at the Monroe airport and upon touchdown the aircraft skidded to a stop with a gear up landing.
- [Incident 19991107037789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991107037789I), Nov 7, 1999: Cessna 172RG (N6200R), Flint, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot failed to extend landing gear prior to landing.

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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