# Incident 20111223028929I: Cessna 172RG, Manassas, VA, December 23, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2011, 15:16 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Manassas Regional/Harry P. Davis F
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7468° N, 77.4826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manassas, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7468&lon=-77.4826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9415B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9415B) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,552 total, 35 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111223028929I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 23, 2011, THE AIRCRAFT IN WHICH LUIS SAAVEDRA WAS ACTING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND MADE A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 34L AT THE MANASSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT IN MANASSAS VIRGINIA.DURING THIS FLIGHT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PERFORMING DUTIES AS A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN A CESSNA 172 WITH RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR.  THE STUDENT HAD VERY LITTLE FLIGHT TIME AND NONE IN AN AIRCRAFT WITH A RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR.ACCORDING TO STATEMENTS FROM THE PILOTS, ON THE THIRD PRACTICE LANDING AND WHILE ON APPROACH, THE LANDING CHECKLIST WAS INTERRUPTED AND THE GEAR MAY HAVE BEEN LEFT UP INADVERTENTLY.THE FOLLOWING FACTS ARE SUPPORTED BY STATEMENTS FROM THE PILOTS AS WELL AS PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE RUNWAY:•AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY ALL THREE LANDING GEAR WERE STILL IN THEIR RESPECTIVE WHEEL WELLS.•IMPACT MARKS ON THE RUNWAY INDICATE A PROP STRIKE AT THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN POINT 725 FEET FROM APPROACH END OF RUNWAY AND THEN AGAIN ON THE SECOND POINT OF TOUCHDOWN AT A POINT 375 FEET FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY.•MARKS ON THE RUNWAY INDICATE PAINT FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT.•THE TIRES/ LANDING GEAR FROM THE AIRCRAFT WERE UNDAMAGED.•SUBSEQUENT TO THE INCIDENT, DULLES AVIATION MAINTENANCE SWUNG THE LANDING GEAR WHICH OPERATED NORMALLY.

## Other reports on N9415B (1)

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

- [Accident 20180121001089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180121001089A), Jan 21, 2018: Cessna 172RG (N9415B), Martinsburg, WV, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted to land at mrb, gear failed to extend after multiple attempts. The nose landing gear did extend but the main landing gear did not. Weather -…

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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