# Incident 20260911012949I: Cessna 172RG, Kokomo, IN, September 11, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2026, 15:00 local time
- Place: Kokomo, IN
- Airport: Kokomo Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5277° N, 86.0597° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KOKOMO MUNI (OKK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5277&lon=-86.0597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9924B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9924B) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260911012949I

## Narrative

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

PART 91 FLIGHT DEPARTED KOKK. AFTER MULTIPLE TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS, DURING CLIMB-OUT, RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED MID TRANSITION. LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR WOULD RETRACT AND EXTEND, HOWEVER, RIGHT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT. AIRCRAFT CIRCLED TO BURN FUEL BEFORE INITIATING A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 5 AT KOKK. DURING LANDING SEQUENCE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR IMPACTED RUNWAY FIRST AND ROTATED OUT OF THE WAY.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE BELLY AND SKIDDED FOR APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET.  PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT AND WAS UNINJURED.  RECOVERY CREW RAISED AIRCRAFT AND BELLY WAS INSPECTED WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM RUNWAY AND TAKEN TO THE MAINTENANCE HANGER TO DETERMINE FAILED COMPONENT. REPORT WILL BE AMENDED IF FAILED PART IS IDENTIFIED.

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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