# Incident 20240527007999I: Cessna 172RG, Tehachapi, CA, May 27, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2024, 12:53 local time
- Place: Tehachapi, CA
- Airport: Tehachapi Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1350° N, 118.4393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TEHACHAPI MUNI (TSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1350&lon=-118.4393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6403V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6403V) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240527007999I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20180728018269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180728018269I), Jul 28, 2018: Cessna 172RG (N6403V), Henderson, NV, Minor damage. This event was investigated as an incident as a result of the aircraft having allegedly hit the runway edge lights while attempting to land in runway 17R at…

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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