# Incident 20201006016689I: Cessna 172RG, Canton, OH, October 6, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2020, 16:22 local time
- Place: Canton, OH
- Airport: Akron-Canton Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9151° N, 81.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AKRON-CANTON RGNL (CAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9151&lon=-81.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N948SM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N948SM) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,630 total, 126 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201006016689I

## Narrative

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

PILOT (N948SM) RETURNING FROM PHOTOGRAPH FLIGHT (MICHIGAN AND WESTERN OHIO WAS ON DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 19 AT AKRON-CANTON AIRPORT (CAK). TOWER TRANSMITTED TO PILOT TO EXTEND DOWNWIND FOR OTHER TRAFFIC.

PILOT COMPLIED WITH INSTRUCTION AND WHEN HE WAS TURNED ON BASE WAS DISTRACTED AND FAILED TO PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN.

## Other reports on N948SM (1)

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

- [Accident 20040915021589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040915021589A), Sep 15, 2004: Cessna 172RG (N948SM), Montgomery, AL, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot departed aliceville (aiv) at 1000 hours enroute VFR to selma (sem). Over vaiden a "thud" was felt (approx 1015) and he started smelling…

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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