# Incident 20110924023079I: Cessna 172RG, Mesa, AZ, September 24, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2011, 11:24 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Mesa Gateway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3078° N, 111.6555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MESA GATEWAY (IWA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3078&lon=-111.6555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5331V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5331V-2013-04-23) (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-360-F1A6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,530 total, 174 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110924023079I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED HE LEFT GOODYEAR, AZ AIRPORT (GYR), WHEN HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR WHICH WENT NORMALLY, BUT WAS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY A LARGE POP SOUND.  THE GOODYEAR TOWER CALLED HIM TO INFORM HIM THAT THE GEAR HAD RETRACTED AND ONE LEG FELL BACK DOWN.  THE LEFT GEAR WAS IN THE TRAIL POSITION. THE PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR WITH NO AVAIL.  THE LEFT MAIN JUST WIGGLED A LITTLE, BUT DIDN'T MOVE SIGNIFICANTLY.  AFTER CALLING A MECHANIC TO CONFIRM HIS SUSPICION THE PILOT DECIDED THAT IT WAS MOST LIKELY THE ACTUATOR THAT HAD BROKEN LOOSE AND HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. HE TRIES YAWING THE AIRPLANE, AND TRIED TO GET IT TO SWING WITH INERTIA INTO THE LOCK, BUT IT WOULDN'T MOVE MORE THAN A FEW DEGREES EITHER WAY.  HE TRIED A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION, BUT IT WAS OBVIOUSLY BUILDING PRESSURE ONCE THE OTHER TWO WERE DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL NO INJURY LANDING GEAR UP LANDING AT MESA GATEWAY AIRPORT (IWA).

## Other reports on N5331V (1)

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

- [Incident 19950119002469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950119002469I), Jan 19, 1995: Cessna 172RG (N5331V), Falcon, CO, Minor damage. Narrative: N5331V (CE-172RG) was doing practice "touch and go" landings at Meadow Lake Airport. During the "touch and go" the commercial rated pilot who was…

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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