# Incident 20200403005709I: Cessna 172RG, Liberty, SC, April 3, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2020, 14:00 local time
- Place: Liberty, SC
- Airport: Pickens County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8100° N, 82.7029° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PICKENS COUNTY (LQK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8100&lon=-82.7029&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4614R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4614R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-F1A6 (registry code 42291, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-f1a6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-F1A6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,140 total, 5,297 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200403005709I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN WAS FLYING HIS AIRCRAFT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A COUPLE MONTHS AND WANTED TO CHECK THE ENGINE. AFTER COMPLETING HIS FIRST FULL STOP LANDING AND TAXI BACK, HE WAS ON APPROACH FOR A SECOND FULL STOP LANDING WHEN HE FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN FOR LANDING. AIRMAN STATED HE WAS FOCUSED ON LISTENING TO THE ENGINE AND FOLLOWING A PRECEDING AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING AND SIMPLY FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN.

## Other reports on N4614R (1)

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

- [Incident 20220504006619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220504006619I), May 4, 2022: Cessna 172RG (N4614R), Dunnellon, FL, Minor damage. On 05/04/2022, N4614R, a CE-172RG, landed gear-up on runway 23 at the Marion County Airport (X35), Dunnellon FL., approximate 1500? From the runway threshold,…

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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