# Incident 20110115001149I: Cessna 172RG, Lincoln Park, NJ, January 15, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2011, 15:20 local time
- Place: Lincoln Park, NJ
- Airport: Lincoln Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9476° N, 74.3145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINCOLN PARK (N07), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9476&lon=-74.3145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9583B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9583B) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 214 total, 85 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110115001149I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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