# Incident 20130809017619I: Cessna 172RG, Beaufort, SC, August 9, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2013, 16:30 local time
- Place: Beaufort, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4531° N, 80.7186° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaufort, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4531&lon=-80.7186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4596V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4596V-2018-05-30) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 440 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130809017619I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED AND FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N4596V (1)

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

- [Accident 19860523055499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860523055499A), May 23, 1986: Cessna 172RG (N4596V), Jackson, MS, Substantial damage. Unable to extend gear before landing. Found nose gear upstop bumper plate assembly had fallen off and gear jammed.

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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