# Incident 20260520005969I: Cessna 172RG, Houma, LA, May 20, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2026, 18:00 local time
- Place: Houma, LA
- Airport: Houma Terrebonne
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5665° N, 90.6604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUMA-TERREBONNE (HUM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5665&lon=-90.6604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4666V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4666V) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260520005969I

## Narrative

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

INTERVIEWED THE PILOT INVOLVED IT THE INCIDENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT AT "APPROX. 18:00 HE WAS COMING IN FROM WORKING OVER THE FISHING GROUNDS BECAUSE OF WEATHER. IT WAS A SMOOTH FLIGHT UNTIL HE WAS ABOUT 5 MILES FINAL OF RUNWAY 36 WHEN HE HIT WIND SHEAR. HE WENT FROM 135 KNOTS GROUND SPEED TO 105 KNOTS AND DROPPED A COUPLE HUNDRED FT. HE WAS IN TURBULENCE AND HAD HIS FOCUS ON KEEPING THE AIRPLANE FLYING STRAIGHT AND LEVEL. AS HE APPROACHED THE RUNWAY HE WANTED TO KEEP HIS SPEED UP TO AVOID ANY FURTHER DOWN DRAFTS OR CROSS WINDS. HE PUT 1 NOTCH OF FLAPS IN AND KEPT HIS SPEED UP. HE GOT DISTRACTED WHILE ALL THIS WAS HAPPENING AND DID NOT PUT HIS GEAR DOWN. AS HE WAS OVER THE RUNWAY HE WAS AT 90-95KNOTS. AIRSPEED WITH ABOUT  14" MANIFOLD PRESSURE. HE DID NOT HEAR THE HORN GO OFF UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE AND HE WAS ALREADY ON THE GROUND SLIDING. AT THAT POINT HE IMMEDIATELY PULLED POWER AND MIXTURE AND SLID TO A STOP"

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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