# Incident 20190906012649I: Cessna 172RG, Nashua, NH, September 6, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2019, 16:05 local time
- Place: Nashua, NH
- Airport: Boire Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7824° N, 71.5141° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOIRE FLD (ASH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7824&lon=-71.5141&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6542V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6542V) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 232 total, 43 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190906012649I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING POWER-OFF 180-DEGREE ACCURACY LANDING TO RUNWAY 14, AND THE FIRST TWO LANDINGS WERE SUCCESSFUL.  ON THE THIRD DOWNWIND LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, HE REQUESTED A TRANSPONDER CODE FOR FLIGHT FOLLOWING IN ORDER TO PRACTICE OTHER COMMERCIAL MANEUVERS IN THE PRACTICE AREA TO THE WEST OF THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS FOCUSED ON TOUCHING DOWN AT THE CHOSEN SPOT AND DID NOT NOTICE THAT HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR STILL RAISED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE AND THE PROPELLER TIPS.

## Other reports on N6542V (1)

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

- [Incident 20010813026699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010813026699I), Aug 13, 2001: Cessna 172RG (N6542V), Oakland, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that after landing on runway 33 at Oakland international airport, he was instructed to back taxi to taxiway charlie. While taxiing on…

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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