# Accident 20091001018509A: Cessna 172RG, Abbeville, LA, October 1, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2009, 14:41 local time
- Place: Abbeville, LA
- Airport: Abbeville Chris Crusta Memoria
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9758° N, 92.0842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABBEVILLE CHRIS CRUSTA MEML (IYA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9758&lon=-92.0842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9508B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9508B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 9,750 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091001018509A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR FAILED.  PILOT COULD NOT DEPLOY GEAR ELECTRICALLY OR MANUALLY.  PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE GRASS NEXT RUNWAY WITH GEAR UP.  NO INJURIES AND AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N9508B (1)

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

- [Accident 19840128001739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840128001739A), Jan 28, 1984: Cessna 172RG (N9508B), Marietta, PA, Substantial damage. Aircraft collided with snowbank during night landing causing substantial damage.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.