# Incident 20200718010909I: Cessna 172RG, Windsor Locks, CT, July 18, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2020, 21:50 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9758B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9758B) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,359 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200718010909I

## Narrative

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

ON A FLIGHT FROM ACK TO OXC, WITH 4 PEOPLE ON BOARD, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR BUT DID NOT GET THE INDICATOR LIGHT TO SHOW  THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.  THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT LOWER WHICH WAS VERIFIED VISUALLY WITH A FLASHLIGHT.  MANY UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO LOWER THE LEFT GEAR BY RECYCLING THE LANDING GEAR, AND  UTILIZING THE EMERGENCY GEAR PUMP. THE PILOT DIVERTED TO BDL, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, RAISED THE LANDING GEAR, AND ACCOMPLISHED A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 24. THERE WHERE NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE FUSELAGE AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY.

THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON MARCH 17, 2020.  BOTH NORMAL & EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR RETRACTION TESTS WERE ACCOMPLISHED AT THAT TIME. THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN 16 HOURS WITH MULTIPLE GEAR RETRACTIONS SINCE THE LAST INSPECTION.

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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