20240527007999I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Tehachapi, CA · May 27, 2024

Date
May 27, 2024 · 12:53 local
Place
Tehachapi, CA
Airport
Tehachapi Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6403V
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircrat departed whp airport bound for tsp airport.

The pilot stated that he is uncomfortable flying a retrackable gear aircraft and that he was haveing transponder issues. He also stated that he was healing overwhelmed by the various issues he was addressing while landing. During landing the pilot remembers hearing the gear warning buzzer sounding and seeing the gear warning light illuminated. (Detailed pilot statement is attached to the sas activity / task). The aircraft sufferewd minor damage to the belly, two broken belly mounted antennas, propeller damage and possible sudden engine stoppage. There was no firewall, spar or gear damage.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAT DEPARTED WHP AIRPORT BOUND FOR TSP AIRPORT.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE IS UNCOMFORTABLE FLYING A RETRACKABLE GEAR AIRCRAFT AND THAT HE WAS HAVEING TRANSPONDER ISSUES. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE WAS HEALING OVERWHELMED BY THE VARIOUS ISSUES HE WAS ADDRESSING WHILE LANDING. DURING LANDING THE PILOT REMEMBERS HEARING THE GEAR WARNING BUZZER SOUNDING AND SEEING THE GEAR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. (DETAILED PILOT STATEMENT IS ATTACHED TO THE SAS ACTIVITY / TASK). THE AIRCRAFT SUFFEREWD MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY, TWO BROKEN BELLY MOUNTED ANTENNAS, PROPELLER DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE. THERE WAS NO FIREWALL, SPAR OR GEAR DAMAGE.

Other reports on N6403V · 1

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