# Incident 20180103000429I: Cessna 172RG, San Marcos, TX, January 3, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2018, 14:40 local time
- Place: San Marcos, TX
- Airport: San Marcos Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8927° N, 97.8630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN MARCOS RGNL (HYI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8927&lon=-97.8630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6169R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6169R) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,416 total, 58 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180103000429I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM KAUS IN AUSTIN, TX FOR PERSONAL OPERATIONS. PRIOR TO AND UPON LANDING AT HYI, THE GEAR HANDLE REMAINED IN THE UP POSITION RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT BELLY SKIN AND PROPELLERS CONTACTING THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N6169R (1)

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

- [Accident 19960725047289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960725047289A), Jul 25, 1996: Cessna 172RG (N6169R), Unionbridge, MD, Substantial damage. (-16) Pilot with 1 passenger departed gve airport. Aircraft had been topped off with fuel prior to departure. Approx. 1 hour into the flight while cruising at…

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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