# Incident 20130507023969I: Cessna 172RG, Kissimmee, FL, May 7, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2013, 13:00 local time
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee Gateway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 347S
- Location: 28.2898° N, 81.4371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE GATEWAY (ISM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2898&lon=-81.4371&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6611R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6611R-2018-02-15) (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: 3,939 total, 83 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130507023969I

## Narrative

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

AFTER THE COMPLETION OF A PREFLIGHT, CFI STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR (PIC) DEPARTED ISM @ 1505Z ON A TRNG. FLT.. THE PLANNED FLT. WAS REQ. TRNG. FOR AN INITIAL CFI, AS STIPULATED BY THE PART 141 TRNG. SYLLABUS.

UPON ARRIVAL AT THE PRACTICE AREA, PRE-MANUEVER PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED WHICH INCLUDED LOWERING THE LDG. GEAR.

WHEN THE LDG. GEAR LEVER WAS SELECTED TO THE "GEAR DOWN" POSITION; THE LT. GEAR WAS VISUALLY CONFIRMED EXTENDING, BUT A THUD WAS HEARD UPON REACHING THE EXTENDED POSITION. THE LT. LDG. GEAR RETRACTED OUT OF VIEW AND THE GREEN LDG. GEAR DOWN LIGHT EXTINGUISHED.

THE GREEN LDG. GEAR DOWN LIGHT WAS TESTED FOR PROPER OPERATION, THE LDG. GEAR AND GEAR PUMP CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE CONFIRMED IN.

P.I.C. ELECTED TO RETURN TO ISM, COMPLETED P.O.H. - EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, CONTACTED ISM TOWER TO ADVISE OF THE SITUATION AND CLEARED TO CIRLE AT 1,500 AGL TO ASSESS AND RECTIFY TO SITUATION.

AFTER MULTIPLE UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO LOWER THE LDG. GEAR, ISM TOWER CONTACTED SUNSTATE AVIATION'S D.O.M. AND A DECISION WAS MADE TO PERFORM A GEAR UP LDG.

THE P.I.C. CONTINUED TO CIRLCE ISM TO BURN FUEL AND REDUCE THE ACFT. LDG. WEIGHT. AFTER BEING CLEARED TO LAND, THE ACFT. FLEW TWO TRAFFIC PATTERN LOW APPROACHES TO GAUGE CONDITIONS ON FINAL AND PRACTICE THE P.O.H. 172RG GEAR UP LDG. CHECKLIST.

THE ACFT. WAS CLEARED  TO LAND ON RWY 24 ON THE THIRD APPROACH BY ISM TOWER. AT APPROX. 1658Z, THE ACFT. LANDED AND SKIDDED TO A FULL STOP, ENG. WAS SHUTDOWN AND SECURED AS PER THE P.O.H. - GEAR UP LDG. CHECKLIST. THE ACFT. WAS EVACUATED WITH NO INJURIES TO EITHER OCCUPANT OR POST CRASH FIRE.

## Other reports on N6611R (1)

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

- [Incident 19850316012639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850316012639I), Mar 16, 1985: Cessna 172RG (N6611R), Ashton, NE, Minor damage. While making a low pass over house, vertical fin struck powerline.

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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