# Incident 20250508007199I: Cessna 172RG, Sugar Land, TX, May 8, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2025, 10:59 local time
- Place: Sugar Land, TX
- Airport: Sugar Land Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6222° N, 95.6565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUGAR LAND RGNL (SGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6222&lon=-95.6565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5338V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5338V) (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: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,424 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250508007199I

## Narrative

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

DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT, THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT INITIATED APPROACH FOR LANDING AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR AND LEFT MAIN GEAR SUCCESSFULLY EXTENDED AND LOCKED; HOWEVER, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED TO LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION.

THE PILOT FOLLOWED STANDARD PROCEDURES AND ATTEMPTED MULTIPLE METHODS TO EXTEND AND SECURE THE RIGHT GEAR, INCLUDING ALTERNATE AND MANUAL EXTENSION PROCEDURES, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN ACHIEVING A DOWN-AND-LOCKED INDICATION.

GIVEN THE INABILITY TO CONFIRM FULL EXTENSION AND LOCKING OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR, AND TO AVOID A POTENTIALLY MORE HAZARDOUS ASYMMETRIC LANDING, THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR AND PERFORM A GEAR-UP (BELLY) LANDING.

THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE, PROPELLER, AND ENGINE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N5338V (6)

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

- [Accident 20220403004919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220403004919A), Apr 3, 2022: Cessna 172RG (N5338V), Perland, TX, Substantial damage. While on final approach to landing the flight instructor was distracted by a nonstable approach and giving flight instruction that the prelanding checklist was…
- [Incident 20000707035209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000707035209I), Jul 7, 2000: Cessna 172RG (N5338V), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. (-23)Instructor pilot ^priva^ was acting as pilot in command. Private pilot [privacy data omitted] was receiving flight instruction in preparation for an…
- [Accident 19930520014599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930520014599A), May 20, 1993: Cessna 172RG (N5338V), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Substantial damage. Left main gear collapsed on l anding gear would not lock down. Was in trail. Gear pivot assembly had failed.
- [Incident 19910403019009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910403019009I), Apr 3, 1991: Cessna 172RG (N5338V), Ft Lauderdale, FL. Engine losing power. Forced landing on highway. Mixture control arm retaining nut loose. Cotter pin missing.
- [Incident 19881107065499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881107065499I), Nov 7, 1988: Cessna 172RG (N5338V), Pompano Beach, FL, Minor damage. Student retracted gear on a takeoff roll. Instructor recovered and made a go around. Prop tips damaged.
- [Incident 19871211079689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871211079689I), Dec 11, 1987: Cessna 172RG (N5338V), Pompano Beach, FL, Minor damage. Made a gear up landing while practicing touch and go landings. Student inadvertently raised the gear handle.

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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