# Incident 20210630012409I: Cessna 172RG, Cheboygan, MI, June 30, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2021, 12:30 local time
- Place: Cheboygan, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6419° N, 84.4688° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cheboygan, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6419&lon=-84.4688&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6284R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6284R) (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: 500 total, 40 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210630012409I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 30, 2021 AT 1230 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA CE-172RG AIRCRAFT, N6284R, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE FOLLOWING A GEAR-UP LANDING AT THE CHEBOYGAN COUNTY AIRPORT (SLH), CHEBOYGAN, MICHIGAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE BOIS BLANC ISLAND AIRPORT (6Y1), BOIS BLANC ISLAND, MICHIGAN.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 28 AND INADVERTENTLY FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL ANOMALIES REPORTED PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, BUT THE PILOT STATED HE COULD NOT REMEMBER HEARING THE WARNING HORN DURING THE LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND CONTINUED TO TRACK THE CENTERLINE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT ON ITS BELLY. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNASSISTED.

A LOCAL WRECKER COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED AND ARRIVED TO ASSIST IN THE REMOVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED, LANDING GEAR LOWERED MANUALLY, AND TOWED TO A SECURE HANGAR FOR REPAIRS.

NO WEATHER SERVICES WERE REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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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