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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Gulfport, MS · October 2, 2014

Date: October 2, 2014 · 20:00 local
Place: Gulfport, MS
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N5225U
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
Reported engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 25,000 total16,000 in this make and model400 in the last 90 days

N5225URegistered now · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG0289 Airframe modelCessna 172RG Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot reported that as he began his final approach to shade tree airport, (M82) in Gulfport, MS his GPS showed a storm appearing to be ten miles north of the airport, (M82). But as he reached for the gear handle and encountered strong turbulence his attention was diverted to flying the aircraft and forgot to put the landing gear down. The landing was on a wet grass field and the only damage was to propeller and the transponder antenna. No other damage to the aircraft and no injures.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED THAT AS HE BEGAN HIS FINAL APPROACH TO SHADE TREE AIRPORT, (M82) IN GULFPORT, MS HIS GPS SHOWED A STORM APPEARING TO BE TEN MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT, (M82). BUT AS HE REACHED FOR THE GEAR HANDLE AND ENCOUNTERED STRONG TURBULENCE HIS ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED TO FLYING THE AIRCRAFT AND FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. THE LANDING WAS ON A WET GRASS FIELD AND THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO PROPELLER AND THE TRANSPONDER ANTENNA. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURES.