# Incident 20160425005199I: Cessna 172RG, Fort Worth, TX, April 25, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2016, 15:43 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Internation
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8198° N, 97.3624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8198&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172RG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N172RG) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160425005199I

## Narrative

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

WHILE INSTRUCTING IN PREPARATION OF A COMMERCIAL RATING FOR THE "STUDENT" PILOT, THE CREW WAS PERFORMING LANDING GEAR EXTENSION.  THEY OBSERVED A LACK OF DOWN AND SAFE INDICATION.  THEY MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO ACHIEVE THE DOWN AND SAFE INDICATION INCLUDING MANUAL AND EMERGENCY EXTENSION WITH NO SUCCESS.  THE AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED WITH A MIRROR AND THEY VISUALLY VERIFIED THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE IN THE PROPER POSITION.

IN LIGHT OF THE DISCREPANCY,THE CREW RETURNED TO FTW.  THEY PERFORMED A FLY BY ON THE TOWER WHO ALSO CONFIRMED THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE IN THE DOWN POSITION.  CREW PERFORMED A SOFT FIELD LANDING AND ROLLED OUT NORMALLY.  AFTER EXITING THE RUNWAY AND JUST BEYOND THE HOLD SHORT LINE, CREW FELT THE NOSE GEAR GET "SPONGEY" AND NOTICED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT SINKING.

GEAR SLOWLY COLLAPSED WITH PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND.  PROPELLER AND NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS RECEIVED DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N172RG (1)

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

- [Incident 19981022043119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981022043119I), Oct 22, 1998: Cessna 172RG (N172RG), Chicago/West Ch, IL, Minor damage. (-5)The nose gear would not deploy due to the nose gear doors catching on the inside lip of the wheel well and preventing the gear from fulley extending. The…

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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