# Incident 20250829016819I: Cessna 172RG, Anchorage, AK, August 29, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2025, 22:10 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6397V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6397V) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 7 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250829016819I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RECENTLY SOLD. PILOT (PIC) AND MECHANIC CAME UP TO ALASKA TO RETRIEVE THE AIRCRAFT. PIC REQUIRED 2 HOUR CHECKOUT FOR INSURANCE. CFI STATED THEY HAD 2 HOURS SLEEP THE NIGHT BEFORE, THEN RODE FROM PHOENIX TO ANCHORAGE ON AN AIRLINER, WENT TO THE SCHOOL UPON ARRIVING, LEAVING THEM WITH INADEQUATE REST AND SOMEWHAT FATIGUED. PIC WENT TO SCHOOL TO BUY AN INTERCOM BOX AS THEIR AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE ONE. THE PIC ASKED IF THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) COULD PROVIDE THE NECESSARY TRAINING TO MEET THE INSURANCE. THE CFI STATED THEY DID 3 TOUCH AND GO'S AND THE CFI SAID THEY OBSERVED THE GEAR LIGHTS ACTING ABNORMALLY, SO RATHER THAN DEPARTING THE PATTERN, THEY ELECTED TO DO ONE MORE CIRCUIT IN THE PATTERN AT WHICH TIME THEY FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE CFI AND PIC BOTH STATED IN SEPARATE PHONE CALLS THEY DID NOT HEAR ANY KIND OF AURAL WARNINGS.  IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT THE CFI TOOK FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCIDENT, STATING THEY DID NOT PROVIDE OVERSITE ON CHECK LIST USAGE, AND STATED THEY FAILED TO APPLY THE "IMSAFE" CHECKLIST AND FELT THAT INSUFFICIENT REST AND FATIGUE WERE CAUSAL FACTORS AS WELL AS COMPLACENCY.

## Other reports on N6397V (2)

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

- [Incident 19900924052969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900924052969I), Sep 24, 1990: Cessna 172RG (N6397V), Temecula, CA, Minor damage. Pilot performing with a simulated engine failure forgot to lower landing gear and landed gear up.
- [Incident 19880912054929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880912054929I), Sep 12, 1988: Cessna 172RG (N6397V), Oceanside, CA, Minor damage. Forgot to lower the landing gear and landed gear up. Throttle warning horn worked normally.

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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