# Incident 20090113001109I: Cessna 172RG, Carbondale/Mur, IL, January 13, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2009, 13:30 local time
- Place: Carbondale/Mur, IL
- Airport: Southern Illinois
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: BNZS
- Location: 37.7781° N, 89.2520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (MDH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7781&lon=-89.2520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9988B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9988B-2019-01-28) (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 O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090113001109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHEN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN FOR LANDING, A GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED.  THE PILOT FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND A FLY BY OF THE ATC TOWER AT MDH WAS CONDUCTED WHERE THE CONTROLLERS INFORMED THE PILOT THAT HIS GEAR LOOKED NORMAL.  CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THE AIRCRAFT'S EMERGENCY PROCEDURES THE PILOT LANDED AND ON ROLL OUT AT MDH THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD TRAVELED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET.  THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AT THE TIME THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED RESULTING IN BOTH DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND AN ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE INSPECTION.  THE AIRFRAME RECEIVED SHEETMETAL DAMAGE THAT APPEARS TO BE LIMITED TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS.

## Other reports on N9988B (1)

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

- [Incident 20040216002799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040216002799I), Feb 16, 2004: Cessna 172RG (N9988B), Carbondale-Murp, IL. (-23) [privacy data omitted] - on February 16, 2004, N9988B, a CE-172-RG, operated by a FAR part 141 flight school, was being utilized to administer a final…

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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