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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Auburn, AL · May 28, 2010

Date
May 28, 2010 · 12:35 local
Place
Auburn, AL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
DW8S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9478D
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-360-A1D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
248 total30 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During a stage 87 check under FAR 141 commercial pilot program, both pilots failed to realize that the landing gear was retracted, and subsequently failed to lower said landing gear prior to touchdown.

As the FAA filed it

DURING A STAGE 87 CHECK UNDER FAR 141 COMMERCIAL PILOT PROGRAM, BOTH PILOTS FAILED TO REALIZE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED, AND SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED TO LOWER SAID LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.