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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Van Nuys, CA · January 10, 1990

Date: January 10, 1990 · 18:37 local
Place: Van Nuys, CA
Airport: Van Nuys Airport
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1720Z
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total100 in this make and model275 in the last 90 days

N1720ZRegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17269397 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student accidentally raised gear handle on touch and go landing. Instructor took over and landed straight ahead.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT ACCIDENTALLY RAISED GEAR HANDLE ON TOUCH AND GO LANDING. INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER AND LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD.