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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Crystal River, FL · May 5, 2012

Date
May 5, 2012 · 16:10 local
Place
Crystal River, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5276U
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
250 total6 in this make and model15 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.

Pilot was practicing precision landings with 180 degree turns. Pilot failed to lower the landing gear prior to touch down.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PRACTICING PRECISION LANDINGS WITH 180 DEGREE TURNS. PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN.

Other reports on N5276U · 5

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