# Incident 20220504006619I: Cessna 172RG, Dunnellon, FL, May 4, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2022, 14:00 local time
- Place: Dunnellon, FL
- Airport: Marion County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0618° N, 82.3766° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARION COUNTY (X35), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0618&lon=-82.3766&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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 120 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220504006619I

## Narrative

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

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, NEAR THE CENTERLINE, AND RESTING IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION.  TWO SOULS WERE ON-BOARD, A PILOT AND PASSENGER, WHICH REPORTEDLY SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE CONSISTED OF, PROPELLER DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR, UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE SKIN ABRASION, AND DAMAGE TO 2 LOWER ANTENNA.  THE ENGINE WILL NEED A PROP-STRIKE TEARDOWN INSPECTION.

THE PILOT CONDUCTED A POWER-OFF 180 ACCURACY LANDING AND NEGLECTED TO PERFORM THE LANDING CHECKLIST AND EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, PER HIS NORMAL LANDING PROCEDURE.  DURING THE LANDING FLARE, THE PILOT REALIZED THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND BUT THE PROPELLER HAD MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT GEAR-UP.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DOES NOT RECALL HEARING THE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE WARNING HORN.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91, GENERAL AVIATION FLIGHT.  THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

## Other reports on N4614R (1)

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

- [Incident 20200403005709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200403005709I), Apr 3, 2020: Cessna 172RG (N4614R), Liberty, SC, Minor damage. 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…

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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