# Accident 20080903844579A: Cessna 172RG, Alamogordo, NM, September 3, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2008, 21:20 local time
- Place: Alamogordo, NM
- Airport: Alamogordo-White Sands Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8790° N, 105.9499° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8790&lon=-105.9499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9783B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9783B-2010-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,750 total, 60 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA227) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080903844579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2008 AT 2120 MDT, N9783B, A CESSNA 172G, MADE A GEAR UP LANDING AT THE ALAMOGORDO, NM AIRPORT (ALM).  THE PIPELINE PATROL AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES.  THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO SPENCER AVIATION, LLC.  THE SOLE OCCUPANT, A COMMERCIAL PILOT, DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED IN ROSWELL, NM (ROW).

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW08CA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA227), Sep 4, 2008: Cessna 172RG (N9783B), Almogordo, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the airplane's landing gear before 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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