# Incident 20100831055819I: Cessna 172RG, Sanford, ME, August 31, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2010, 08:30 local time
- Place: Sanford, ME
- Airport: Sanford Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4392° N, 70.7742° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4392&lon=-70.7742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5354R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5354R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 594 total, 383 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100831055819I

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION OF EVENTPILOT LANDED GEAR-UP ON RUNWAY 32 AT THE SANFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SANFORD, MAINE (SFM).  PILOT STATED HE HAD COMPLETED "GUMPS" CHECK ON DOWNWIND LEG HOWEVER DUE TO OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN HE DELAYED EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR AND HAD INTENDED TO LOWER THE GEAR AS HE PROGRESSED ON THE DOWNWIND LEG.CAUSAL AND/OR CONTRIBUTING FACTORSPILOT STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED HOWEVER, HE DID NOT PROVIDE AN EXPLAINATION AS TO WHAT DISTRACTED HIM.RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SYSTEMIC CORRECTIVE ACTION TO REDUCE FUTURE OCCURENCESCOMPLETE CHECK LIST - DO NOT CONSIDER CHECK LIST HAS BEEN COMPLETED UNTIL ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE CONFIGURATION SPECIFIED IN THE CHECK LISTCONDUCT AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION CHECK ON SHORT FINAL TO CONFIRM THREE IMPORTANT ITEMS THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT SAFETY OF THE AIRCRAFT:  "GEAR - DOWN / FLAPS - SET / CLEARED TO LAND.COMMENTSNONE

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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