# NTSB SEA01LA177: Cessna 172RG, N6515R, Newberg, OR, September 30, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 30, 2001, 10:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place: Newberg, OR
- Coordinates: 45.319587, -122.979431 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3196&lon=-122.9794&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 18, 2002
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA - Portland FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 53603
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA01LA177
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53603/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA177

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear.  A factor was the pilot's failure to follow checklist procedures.

## Sequence of events

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

- Wheels up landing, landing
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - landing gear - not set, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

On his NTSB accident report, the pilot reported that he landed gear-up on runway 25, and indicated that no mechanical malfunction or failure was involved in the accident.

## Factual narrative

On September 30, 2001, approximately 1050 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172RG airplane, N6515R, registered to a private owner in Tigard, Oregon, and being operated by Eagle Flight Center Inc. of Hillsboro, Oregon, was substantially damaged in a landing with the landing gear retracted at Chehalem Airpark, Newberg, Oregon.  The commercial pilot, who was the airplane's sole occupant, was not injured in the accident.  Visual meteorological conditions existed and no flight plan had been filed for the 14 CFR 91 flight from Stark's Twin Oaks Airport in Hillsboro.

On his NTSB accident report, the pilot reported that he landed gear-up on runway 25, and indicated that no mechanical malfunction or failure was involved in the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6515R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6515R-2015-12-19), registration cancelled 2015-12-19, S/N 172RG0188, built 1979 (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: 172RG0188
- Airframe hours: 3114.7
- Engines: Lycoming O-360-F1A6 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Eagle Flight Center Inc.
- Registered owner: Paul Etchemendy
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, September 18, 2001, 15.7 hours before
- Departed: 7S3, Hillsboro, OR
- Destination: 17S, Newberg, OR
- Airport: 17S, Chehalem Airpark, runway 25, 2,285 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review September 8, 2001; seat: left; flight hours: 576 total, 66 in this make and model, 459 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.03 inHg

## 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 20010930027349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010930027349A), Sep 30, 2001: Cessna 172RG, Newberg, OR, No damage. (.19) On September 30, 2001, approximately 1050 pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172RG airplane, N6515R, registered to a private owner in tigard, Oregon, and…

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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