# Incident 20220715012579I: Cessna 172RG, Castroville, TX, July 15, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2022, 10:00 local time
- Place: Castroville, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3623° N, 98.8548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Castroville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3623&lon=-98.8548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6623Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6623Z) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,545 total, 28 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220715012579I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED STINSON FIELD (SKF) WITH TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, FLYING VFR FOR A CURRENCY FLIGHT WITH INSTRUCTOR FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES. THIS WOULD INCLUDE AN RNAV APPROACH TO CASTROVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (CVB). AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 16. BOTH PEOPLE ON BOARD EGRESSED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS MINOR TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AND THE PROP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N6623Z (2)

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

- [Incident 20040522008879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040522008879I), May 22, 2004: Cessna 172RG (N6623Z), Phoenix, AZ. (-23) Pilots reported after performing a steep turn to the left they heard a bang and then lost control of the rudder. The aircraft landed safely at dvt. Upon…
- [Incident 20021003035449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021003035449I), Oct 3, 2002: Cessna 172RG (N6623Z), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Training flight being conducted in preparation for CFR rating. While executing short field landing student (PIC) inadvertently raised landing gear rather…

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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