Cessna 172RG N6140R

Summary

On 1 November 2004 at about 01:05 local time, a Cessna 172RG registered N6140R, operated by Sheble Aviation, was involved in an accident near Kingman, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 November 2004 at 01:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Kingman, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Kingman (IGM)

Coordinates

35.2594, -113.9381

Aircraft

Cessna 172RG

Registration

N6140R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Sheble Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Henderson → Kingman

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

LAX05LA027

Nobody was injured.

Landing gear extension system component failure resulting in a gear up landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The airplane landed gear up following a component failure in the airplane's landing gear extension system. As the flight was approaching the airport, the gear was extended, but it failed to lock in the down position. Several attempts using both the normal and emergency extension systems failed to rectify the problem and the instructor decided to land with the gear retracted. Post accident examination revealed that the roller piston and bearing (part numbers 1281019-1 and S1997C7-8) had fallen out of their assembly, thereby allowing the actuator piston assembly to reindex itself on the main gear pivot assembly. This prevented the left main gear from achieving a locked position in the down direction.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.