# Incident 20100617036429I: Cessna 172RG, Chino, CA, June 17, 2010 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 17, 2010, 11:16 local time - Place: Chino, CA - Airport: Chino - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.9748° N, 117.6365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9748&lon=-117.6365&mi=10 - Aircraft: N6525R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6525R-2022-11-05) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG - Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES - People aboard: 3 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 60 in this make and model, 800 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100617036429I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON 06/17/2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1816 HOURS ZULU TIME, A CESSNA 172 RG, N6525R, REPORTED GEAR PROBLEMS, AND LANDED AT THE CHINO AIRPORT (KCNO) GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 21. THERE WERE THREE PERSONS ON BOARD, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT ALSO HELD A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE, WAS ON A PERSONAL PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH TWO OTHER FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS ON BOARD. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE CORONA AIRPORT (KAJO) REROUTE TO EL MONTE (KEMT). THE FLIGHT DEPARTED KAJO AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 PST AND THE PILOT FLEW EAST TOWARDS LAKE MATTHEWS AND INTENDED TO GET FLIGHT FOLLOWING TO KEMT. WHILE OVER LAKE MATTHEWS THE PILOT HEARD A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT TESTED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS, WHICH TEST OK, AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. A GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION WAS NOTED BY THE PILOT. THE PILOT CONFIRMED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE FULLY EXTENDED AND IN A "LOCKED" POSITION. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR APPEARED TO BE "DANGLING". THE PILOT THEN CONTACTED THE FLIGHT SCHOOL AT CORONA AND TALKED TO THE MECHANIC FOR THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT RETURNED TO KAJO AND COMPLETED A "FLY BY" TO CONFIRM THE GEAR UNSAFE CONDITION. THE PILOT RETURNED TO LAKE MATTHEWS AND ATTEMPTED TO FOLLOW THE MANUFACTURER'S PROCEDURES FOR UNSAFE GEAR. THE PROCEDURES WERE COMPLETED IAW THE MANUFACTURERS PROCEDURES AND THE GEAR REMAINED IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION. THE PILOT CONTACTED THE FLIGHT SCHOOL AT CORONA AND INFORMED THEM THAT HE INTENDED TO GO TO KCNO AND WOULD LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT KCNO. THE PILOT COMPLETED A TWO MORE "FLY-BY'S" AT KCNO AND THE ATC TOWER OPERATOR CONFIRMED THE LEFT MAIN DID NOT APPEAR TO BE IN A SAFE CONDITION. THE PILOT STATED HE INTENDED TO LAND THE AIRPLANE AT KCNO WITH THE GEAR IN THE STOWED OR UP POSITION. KCNO ATC TOWER OPERATOR INFORMED THE PILOT THAT RUNWAY 21 WAS CLOSED BUT KCNO ATC TOWER OPERATIONS WOULD OPEN THE RUNWAY FOR THE EMERGENCY LANDING. THE PILOT RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 21. THE PILOT MADE THE APPROACH AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS BELLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 903 FEET BEFORE IT CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY 21 AT TAXIWAY "ALPHA". THE PILOT AND THE TWO PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE BELLY. DURING THE LANDING THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY (10 TIMES) BEFORE IT STOPPED TURNING, THE PROPELLER SUSTAINED NON-REPAIRABLE DAMAGE. ## Other reports on N6525R (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20091113022899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091113022899I), Nov 13, 2009: Cessna 172R (N6525R), Chino, CA, Minor damage. Mr. Ronald c. bourret was being checked out to rent the aircraft and was performing touch and goes. On the last landing roll out mr bourrett placed the landing… - [Accident 20020926026839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020926026839A), Sep 26, 2002: Cessna 172RG (N6525R), Billings, MT, Substantial damage. (-23) During the course of a check ride, the extension of the aircraft's landing gear was executed, and the right main gear would not lock in the down… - [Incident 19990419020999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990419020999I), Apr 19, 1999: Cessna 172RG (N6525R), Billings, MT, Minor damage. (-5) Pic/instructor stated they were practicing touch and go's on runway 28L with the wind at 290 and 17 knots. During the second touch and go, after a short… 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. 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