- Date
- September 20, 1987, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pinckneyville, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9543BCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870920055199A
- Case key
- 13832
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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
According to the instructor (CFI), he & the student confirmed the gear was extended & locked as they entered the traffic pattern. Flaps were extended & they contd in the pattern to practice a short field landing technique. Power was reduced after crossing 100' over an imaginary 50' obstacle. The CFI stated that on the initial lndg, the acft came back off the gnd svrl ft, & on the 2nd touchdown, it settled on its belly & slid down the rwy with the gear handle in the up psn & the gear retracted. He believed the gear handle 'advanced from the down and locked position to the up position.' However, when the normal & emergency gear systems were checked, they operated normally & no malfunction was fnd. The gear retraction cycle took 6 seconds to go from full down to full up.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9543B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0868
- Airframe hours
- 2,703
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brd. Of Trst. South. Il Univ.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1987 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- MDH · Carbondale, IL
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- K16 · Pinckneyville-Du Quoin, runway 36, 2,700 × 50 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 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 732 total · 85 in this make and model · 600 as pilot in command · 155 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDH, 14 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.