# Incident 20201125015139I: Cessna 172RG, West Palm Beach, FL, November 25, 2020 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 25, 2020, 11:43 local time - Place: West Palm Beach, FL - Airport: North Palm Beach County Genera - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 26.8459° N, 80.2223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY GENERAL AVIATION (F45), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8459&lon=-80.2223&mi=10 - Aircraft: N4791V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4791V) (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-360 - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 37 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201125015139I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. PART 91 OPERATOR, OPERATING 1980 CESSNA, 172RG N4791V, SERIAL NUMBER 172RG0379 WAS CONDUCTING VISUAL APPROACH AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 9R AT NORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT (F45), DURING FINAL APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TO THE RUNWAY TOUCHING DOWN ON ITS LOWER FUSELAGE STRIKING THE PROPELLER AND SKIDDING DOWN THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY FOURTEEN YARDS COMING TO REST UPRIGHT AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY CENTER LINE, APPROXIMATELY 2,150 FEET AWAY FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND REPORTED NO INJURIES. INSPECTION OF NOSE WHEEL FARING UNDERSIDE OF ENGINE COWLING FOUND NO DAMAGE. VISUAL INSPECTION OF ENGINE FOUND NO PHYSICAL DAMAGE, ENGINE TURNED FREELY WHEN PROPELLER MOVED, PROPELLER BLADES DAMAGED WITH ONE BLADE MISALIGNED AT ROOT AREA, EACH BLADE TIP CURLED AFT APPROXIMATELY THREE INCHES WITH EVIDENCE OF CHORD WISE SCRATCHING ON EACH BLADE. EVIDENCE INDICATES THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AT THE TIME OF BLADE IMPACT. EXAMINATION OF LOWER ENGINE COWLING FOUND EXHAUST STACK BENT TO THE REAR AT THE TIP AND EVIDENCE OF SCRATCH MARKS. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIREWALL AND LOWER ENGINE COWL AREA SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE OR DEFORMATION, THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE EXAMINED, ELEVATORS, RUDDER AND AILERONS WERE FOUND TO MOVE FREELY AND CORRECTLY WITH NO OBSERVABLE DEFECTS, THE AIRCRAFT FLAPS WERE OBSERVED TO BE IN THE UP POSITION AND MATCHED THE FLAP POSITION INDICATOR AND FLAP CONTROL SWITCH POSITION INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WERE FOUND IN THE RETRACTED POSITION, AND AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS FOUND TO BE IN THE UP POSITION PARTIALLY EXTENDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR DOORS OPEN APPROXIMATELY EIGHT INCHES, THE LANDING GEAR PRIMARY CONTROL LEVER WAS FOUND IN THE UP POSITION. DURING RECOVERY OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL LEVER WAS CYCLED FROM UP TO DOWN POSITION, THE LANDING GEAR TRANSITIONED FROM UP TO DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION, LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS CORRESPONDED TO GEAR POSITION. NO OBSERVABLE ABNORMALITIES OR DEFECTS NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON ITS WHEELS AND TOWED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRMAN ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS COOPERATIVE, HONEST AND FORTHCOMING, THE AIRMAN DISPLAYED AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ACTIONS LEADING TO THE EVENT AND THE AIRMAN?S ROLE IN THE RESULTING OUTCOME. ## Other reports on N4791V (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20130818014159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130818014159I), Aug 18, 2013: Cessna 172RG (N4791V), Addison Airport, TX, Substantial damage. The aircraft landing gear experienced an actuator failure which prevented it from fully deploying. Upon landing the particlly deployed gear collapsed and the… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.