# NTSB MIA86LA169: Cessna 172RG, N4596V, Jackson, MS, May 24, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 23, 1986, 19:32 local (May 24, 1986, 00:32 UTC)
- Place: Jackson, MS
- Coordinates: 32.399673, -90.290077 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3997&lon=-90.2901&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31643
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA169
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31643/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA169

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - jammed (cause)
  - landing gear,emergency extension assembly - jammed (cause)
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - failure,total (cause)
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4596V-2018-05-30), registration cancelled 2018-05-30, S/N 172RG0333, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 172RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (registry code 2072438) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172RG0333
- Airframe hours: 1007
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860523055499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860523055499A), May 23, 1986: Cessna 172RG, Jackson, MS, Substantial damage. Unable to extend gear before landing. Found nose gear upstop bumper plate assembly had fallen off and gear jammed.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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