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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Lincoln Park, NJ · January 15, 2011

Date
January 15, 2011 · 15:20 local
Place
Lincoln Park, NJ
Airport
Lincoln Park
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9583B
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
214 total85 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.

The pilot-in-command (PIC) stated that while flying a traffic pattern for his second landing of the day, he began explaining to one of his passengers, what he was doing. The PIC then stated that although the distraction of talking to his passenger was no excuse, he failed to put the landing gear in the down position prior to landing, resulting in the propeller striking the runway. Additional damage to antennas and the underside of the aircraft occurred as the aircraft came to rest on the paved runway. Post incident investigation indicated that the landing gear system was functioning properly.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) STATED THAT WHILE FLYING A TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR HIS SECOND LANDING OF THE DAY, HE BEGAN EXPLAINING TO ONE OF HIS PASSENGERS, WHAT HE WAS DOING. THE PIC THEN STATED THAT ALTHOUGH THE DISTRACTION OF TALKING TO HIS PASSENGER WAS NO EXCUSE, HE FAILED TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION PRIOR TO LANDING, RESULTING IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO ANTENNAS AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT OCCURRED AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE PAVED RUNWAY. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.