# Incident 20180708012929I: Cessna 172RG, Willimantic, CT, July 8, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2018, 18:50 local time
- Place: Willimantic, CT
- Airport: Windham
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7440° N, 72.1802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINDHAM (IJD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7440&lon=-72.1802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5126V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5126V) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 239 total, 50 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180708012929I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 8, 2018, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE ENROUTE FROM KSNC TO KHFD MADE THE DECISION TO DIVERT TO KIJD TO PERFORM SOME TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS IN N5126V, A CESSNA CUTLASS C-172 RG.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECALLS SETTING THE AIRCRAFT UP IN THE PROPER CONFIGURATION FOR LANDING, UTILIZING HIS CHECKLIST PRIOR TO AND AFTER ENTERING THE PATTERN. DUE TO AN UPDRAFT ON SHORT FINAL FOR RUNWAY 18, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INITIATED A GO AROUND PROCEDURE AND RE-ENTERED THE PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 18 TO ATTEMPT ANOTHER LANDING. DURING THE GO AROUND PROCEDURE THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED BY CONVERSATION WITH HIS PASSENGER EXPLAINING THE EVENT THAT HAD JUST OCCURRED.  ON THIS SECOND APPROACH TO LAND, THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1850 HOURS LOCAL TIME, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 18, GEAR UP.  THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE BELLY SKIN RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WITH MOST OF THE DAMAGE OCCURING ON THE LOWER FUSELAGE ANTENNAS THAT THE AIRCRAFT EVENTUALLY CAME TO REST ON.  THE PROPELLER BLADES  WERE DAMAGED AS THEY IMPACTED THE RUNWAY AS WELL.

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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