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FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Pembroke Pines, GA · February 2, 2026

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Date
February 2, 2026 · 16:00 local
Place
Pembroke Pines, GA
Airport
North Perry Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N500DZ
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total70 in this make and model53 in the last 90 days
N500DZRegistered now · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG0362Airframe modelCessna 172RGEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

privacy data omitted, privacy data omitted called the airport with possible gear issues. Local controllers had the aircraft do low approaches so tower could look at the gear. Tower gave him a call that the gear appeared down and locked. Along with tower a pilot from another aircraft said the gear appeared down and locked. Pilot informed tower he wanted to land without declaring emergency. Once the aircraft touched down the gear collapsed. No injuries to flight crew and minor damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CALLED THE AIRPORT WITH POSSIBLE GEAR ISSUES. LOCAL CONTROLLERS HAD THE AIRCRAFT DO LOW APPROACHES SO TOWER COULD LOOK AT THE GEAR. TOWER GAVE HIM A CALL THAT THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN AND LOCKED. ALONG WITH TOWER A PILOT FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT SAID THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT INFORMED TOWER HE WANTED TO LAND WITHOUT DECLARING EMERGENCY. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN THE GEAR COLLAPSED. NO INJURIES TO FLIGHT CREW AND MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.