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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Portland, OR · August 7, 1990

Date: August 7, 1990 · 20:00 local
Place: Portland, OR
Airport: Portland/Hillsboro Airport
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5256U
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 450 total12 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N5256URegistration cancelled Nov 27, 2007 · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG0305 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna 172RG Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.

Pilot inadvertently retracted landing gear instead of flaps on a touch and go landing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED LANDING GEAR INSTEAD OF FLAPS ON A TOUCH AND GO LANDING.

Other reports on N5256U · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20000815026979ITouch And Go Landing · Portland, OR(-23)[privacy data omitted] stated that he inadvertently reached for the landing gear knob and retracted the gear during a touch-and-go landing, causing the nose gear to retract, damaging the prop and nose gear doors. His intention was to raise the flaps.Aug 15, 2000 · Minor damage Incident 19910731038199IForced/Precautionary Landing · Portland, ORUnable to lock left gear down. Passenger used tow bar to pull it down. Landed safely. Gear actuator casting crackedJul 31, 1991