- Date
- May 23, 1986, 19:32 local (May 24, 1986, 00:32 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4596VCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860523055499A
- Case key
- 31643
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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 plt stated that she intentionally landed gear up because the nose wheel well doors were jammed closed and would not allow the gear to completely lock down. Examination of the nose landing gear revealed that the nose gear up stop bumper plate assembly fell off and allowed the nose gear to retract into the well too FAR and jam in the up position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4596V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0333
- Airframe hours
- 1,007
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Janet Whittington
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1986 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- LCH · Lake Charles, LA
- Destination
- MBO · Madison, MS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HKS · Hawkins Field, runway 16, 5,386 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 181 total · 82 in this make and model · 88 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 160° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HKS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.