# Accident 20100928046809A: Cessna 172RG, Tulsa, OK, September 28, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2010, 10:40 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: DF2S
- Location: 36.0397° N, 95.9847° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0397&lon=-95.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5145U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5145U-2011-09-26) (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: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,420 total, 100 in this make and model, 161 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA572](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA572) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100928046809A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR PILOT ACTING AS STUDENT FOR CFI TRAINING WAS AT THE CONTROLS AND WAS APPROX. 4 MILES WEST OF JONES RIVERSIDE AIRPORT (RVS). WITHIN A FEW SECONDS OF PLACING THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION FLAMES CONSUMED THE AREA OF THE RUDDER PEDALS. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND A DESCENT WAS INITIATED TO A FIELD BELOW. CABIN WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE AND PILOT PLACED HIS HEAD OUT THE WINDOW FOR VISUAL REFERENCE. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE FIELD, CONTACTED AND WENT THROUGH A BARBED WIRE FENCE AND CAME TO A STOP. BOTH PILOTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND WITHIN A PPROX 30 SECONDS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN10LA572](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA572), Sep 28, 2010: Cessna 172RG (N5145U), Tulsa, OK, destroyed. Probable cause: A shorted terminal lug on the landing gear hydraulic pump which resulted in a cabin fire. Contributing to the accident was the lack of clear installation procedures for the hydraulic pump.

## Other reports on N5145U (2)

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

- [Incident 20030709014609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030709014609I), Jul 9, 2003: Cessna 172RG (N5145U), Beggs, OK. (-23) Instructor was performing a power-off stall, in the landing configuration, at 3500 ft MSL. After the stall, he pitched the nose forward and added power.…
- [Incident 19960929039029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960929039029I), Sep 29, 1996: Cessna 172RG (N5145U), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. Narrative: nose gear collapsed after landing. Subsequent investigation revealed the landing gear retraction system functions normally including the indication…

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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