- Date
- February 20, 1989, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Durhamville, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9530BCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890220002309A
- Case key
- 36379
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to extend the landing gear before landing after allowing his attention to be diverted.
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 Cessna 172RG made a gear up landing and slid off the runway, striking a snowbank. The plt rprtd there was a warning horn after takeoff and he returned to land. He said he lowered the landing gear, then raised it when he saw another aircraft in the pattern. He failed to lower the landing gear on a second apch. When the aircraft was checked, no problem was found with either the stall warning horn or landing gear warning horn. However, a witness did report hearing the landing gear warning horn in the background when the pilot transmitted on the radio.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9530B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0858
- Airframe hours
- 2,975
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kamp Air Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Kamp Air Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 4, 1988
- Destination
- ELM · Elmira, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NK03 · Kamp, runway 28, 3,250 × 40 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 133 total · 49 in this make and model · 82 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.