# Accident 20180121001089A: Cessna 172RG, Martinsburg, WV, January 21, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2018, 18:04 local time
- Place: Martinsburg, WV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 39.4022° N, 77.9831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4022&lon=-77.9831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9415B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9415B) (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: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,056 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180121001089A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT MRB, GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS.  THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID EXTEND BUT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DID NOT.

WEATHER - TEMPERATURE WAS 50 DEGREES F, DEW POINT WAS 39 DEGREES F, WINDS AT 2 MPH (SSW), MAX WIND SPEED AT 13 MPH, MAX WIND GUST AT 17 MPH, VISABILITY AT 10 MILES.

## 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 ERA18LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA067), Jan 21, 2018: Cessna 172RG (N9415B), Martinsburg, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: A hydraulic leak in the right main landing gear actuator, which resulted in the main landing gear not extending.

## Other reports on N9415B (1)

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

- [Incident 20111223028929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111223028929I), Dec 23, 2011: Cessna 172RG (N9415B), Manassas, VA, Minor damage. On December 23, 2011, the aircraft in which luis saavedra was acting as pilot-in-command made a gear up landing on runway 34L at the Manassas regional airport…

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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