# Incident 20140613008489I: Cessna 172RG, Scottsdale, AZ, June 13, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2014, 09:11 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Scottsdale
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9520B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9520B-2015-02-06) (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: 6,019 total, 293 in this make and model, 149 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140613008489I

## Narrative

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

WHILE CONDUCTING A ?CHECK OUT? FLIGHT FOR A NEW CUSTOMER, THE PIC BEGAN TO PERFORM SEVERAL MANEUVERS TO INCLUDE STEEP TURNS. THE PIC SELECTED THE GEAR DOWN AND INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT GET A DOWN AND LOCKED. AFTER MAKING SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED, THE PIC MADE A GEAR UP LANDING AT SDL AIRPORT.

POST INCIDENT REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT HAND MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR HOUSING IS CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. AT ONE PLACE, THE CRACK PROTRUDED COMPLETELY THROUGH THE ACTUATOR HOUSING WHICH ALLOWED THE ACTUATOR ?PISTON RACK? TO FAIL TO ENGAGE THE ?SECTOR GEAR? CORRECTLY, WHICH RESULTED IN THE RIGHT HAND MAIN GEAR TO NOT OBTAIN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION.

## Other reports on N9520B (2)

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

- [Incident 20010823027779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010823027779I), Aug 23, 2001: Cessna 172RG (N9520B), Deland, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Mr. Tobin s. williamson, pilot-in-command of N9520B (a Cessna 172RG), was giving flight instruction to Mr. Bradley k. sullivan a commercial pilot working…
- [Accident 19961101042319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961101042319A), Nov 1, 1996: Cessna 172RG (N9520B), Tulsa, OK, Substantial damage. No green for landing. Visual on nose and left main. Right main folded landing. Evidence overload and fatigue crack. (-23) this office was notified of an…

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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