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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Fairfield, NJ · April 10, 2013

Date
April 10, 2013 · 12:10 local
Place
Fairfield, NJ
Airport
Essex County
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
NUCS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9343D
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total200 in this make and model150 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.

N9343D advised the caldwell airport (cdw) tower of an unsafe gear indication. After emergency services arrived the aircraft landed with its nose gear retracted. The aircraft obtained minor damages to the nose landing gear doors. There were no injuries to the pilot and student.

As the FAA filed it

N9343D ADVISED THE CALDWELL AIRPORT (CDW) TOWER OF AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. AFTER EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVED THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH ITS NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT OBTAINED MINOR DAMAGES TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND STUDENT.