# Incident 20221227020659I: Cessna 172RG, Deer Valley, AZ, December 27, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2022, 18:30 local time
- Place: Deer Valley, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Deer Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9688B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9688B-2024-05-24) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221227020659I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 27, 2022, AT 6:30PM, AT THE PHOENIX DEER VALLEY AIRPORT (DVT), AIRCRAFT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD WAS THE PILOT WHO WAS UNINJURED IN THE INCIDENT. BASED UPON PHYSICAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ON 12/29/2022, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS MINOR SCRATCHES TO THE SKIN AND ANTENNA. IN AN INTERVIEW, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE RIGHT HAND LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. AFTER CONTACTING THE ATC, THE PILOT RETRACTED ALL GEAR AND MADE A CONTROLLED GEAR UP LANDING. INITIAL INSPECTION BY A MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR FAILED. FURTHER INSPECTION AND TESTING STILL PENDING.

## Other reports on N9688B (4)

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

- [Incident 20110903021139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110903021139I), Sep 3, 2011: Cessna 172RG (N9688B), Belleville, MI, Minor damage. Pilot made ten touch and goes. While performing the 11th turn around the airport traffic pattern; during the take off phase of the flight, the pilot reached…
- [Incident 20081118854019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081118854019I), Nov 18, 2008: Cessna 172RG (N9688B), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. (-23) While "cleaning the aircraft up" for the takeoff phase of touch and go the PIC moved the landing gear handle to the up position resulting in retraction…
- [Incident 20030501007939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030501007939I), May 1, 2003: Cessna 172RG (N9688B), Bowling Green, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was flying from right seat in preparation for his CFI checkride. Left seat was occupied by pilot rated passenger. Pilot was executing a power off…
- [Accident 19890410007659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890410007659A), Apr 10, 1989: Cessna 172RG (N9688B), Dayton, OH, Substantial damage. Left main gear collapsed on landing. Chafed micro switch wire shorted and stopped gear motor with gear not locked.

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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