# Accident 20170620021749A: Cessna 172RG, El Cajon, CA, June 20, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2017, 14:55 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CLWS
- Location: 32.8261° N, 116.9725° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8261&lon=-116.9725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5424V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5424V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 248 total, 19 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA372) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170620021749A

## Narrative

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

SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLL-OUT.  THE FLYING PILOT (LEFT SEAT) WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FOR A COMMERCIAL RATING FROM THE CFI IN THE RIGHT SEAT.  BOTH PILOTS STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN ON THE DOWNWIND LEG AND THE GEAR SAFE LIGHT WAS VERIFIED AS GREEN ON ALL LEGS TO LANDING.  THEY STATED THAT THEY ALSO VISULALLY VERIFIED THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND APPEARED TO BE LOCKED.  WHEN THE AIRCAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS AND A LANDING GEAR RETRACTION INSPECTION AND CHECK WAS CONDUCTED, NO DEFECT WERE NOTED THROUGH SEVERAL GEAR CYCLES.  TWO EYE WITNESSES STATEMENTS INDICATE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN TRANSITION WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN.  A VIDEO RECORDING FROM A LOCAL FBO WAS VIEWED AND ALTHOUGH THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISTANT, IT APPEARED TO SHOW THE SAME.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA17CA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA372), Jun 20, 2017: Cessna 172RG (N5424V), El Cajon, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear with sufficient time to allow the landing gear to fully extend and the flight instructor's failure to visually check to see if the right main landing…

## Other reports on N5424V (4)

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

- [Incident 20160919015759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160919015759I), Sep 19, 2016: Cessna 172RG (N5424V), El Cajon, CA, Minor damage. On 19 September 2016, while landing at Gillespie field (see) a Cessna 172RG landed on runway 27R and the landing gear was not in the down and locked position.…
- [Incident 20150429006149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150429006149I), Apr 29, 2015: Cessna 172RG (N5424V), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Cessna 172RG landing gear failed in flight causing a gear up landing. Inspection of main landing gear actuator assembly revealed it failed (cracked) causing…
- [Incident 20070322004089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070322004089I), Mar 22, 2007: Cessna 172RG (N5424V), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On 03/22/07, the pilot of N5424V, a Cessna 172RG aircraft stated the right main landing gear was in an intermediate position. Attempts to extend the gear…
- [Incident 19970818031899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970818031899I), Aug 18, 1997: Cessna 172RG (N5424V), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. (-23) No narrative available.

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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