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| Date: | Saturday 3 April 1993 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172RG Cutlass RG |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-KPL |
| MSN: | 172RG-0099 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cairns Airport, Cairns, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Wrotham Park, QLD |
| Cairns Airport YBCS | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After the pilot selected the landing gear down, he failed to obtain any gear locked down indication. He observed the right main gear to be "dangling" and attempts to lower it by the normal and emergency methods were unsuccessful. After several failed attempts, the pilot was forced to land with the landing gear retracted.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1993/aair/199300787/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/5227098/199300787.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 November 1985 | VH-KPL | 0 | Compton Downs, QLD | |
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| 6 March 1994 | VH-KPL | 0 | Mareeba Airfield, Mareeba, QLD | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2018 06:56 | Pineapple | Added |
| 28-Jul-2023 21:45 | Ron Averes | Updated |
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