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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172RG · Mobile, AL · October 11, 2012

Date
October 11, 2012 · 11:15 local
Place
Mobile, AL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4939V
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA13CA028
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
343 total17 in this make and model17 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.

On October 11, 2012, at approximately 1115 local privacy data omitted initiated a landing while completing a checkride at Mobile downtown airport (kbfm). Upon landing the aircraft landing gear were still retracted into the aircraft causing substantial damage to the aircraft's belly, engine, and prop. There were no injuries reported from the accident.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 11, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 1115 LOCAL ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INITIATED A LANDING WHILE COMPLETING A CHECKRIDE AT MOBILE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (KBFM). UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR WERE STILL RETRACTED INTO THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT'S BELLY, ENGINE, AND PROP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED FROM THE ACCIDENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.