37.0829° N, 121.5963° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of San Martin, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 15, 1990 · 12:50 local
Place
San Martin, CA
Airport
Santa Clara County Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4625V
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
515 total2 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days
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 accidentally retracted landing gear instead of flaps on landing rollout.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT ACCIDENTALLY RETRACTED LANDING GEAR INSTEAD OF FLAPS ON LANDING ROLLOUT.