- Date
- February 9, 1985, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lawrenceville, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6464RCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850209005159A
- Case key
- 12998
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The private plt & his instructor were practicing instrument approaches. The instructor stated that the fuel gages were reading low & the VOR needle was oscillating, so they decided to make a straight-in landing. He stated that they lowered the gear & flaps, but after touching down, the main gear folded with the nose gear locked in the down position. After the acft was jacked up, an operational check of the gear was made. The landing gear & electrical sys operated normally. The instructor plt could not definitely say that he observed a gear down & locked indication.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6464R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0184
- Airframe hours
- 2,695
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Board Of Trustees
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 26, 1984 · 95 hours before
- Airport
- LWV · Lawrenceville Vincennes, runway 9, 5,200 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 337 total · 63 in this make and model · 218 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HUF, 45 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.