# Incident 19960218010339I: Cessna 172RG, San Diego, CA, February 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1996, 13:00 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6275R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6275R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,760 total, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960218010339I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: WHILE ON LOCAL FLIGHT, PRIVATE PILOT DANIEL GIROUX WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION FROM LEROY SHIGLEY TO QUALIFY IN A COMPLEX AIRPLANE RETRACTABLE GEAR, CONSTANT SPEED PROPELLER (C-172-RG). AFTER TWO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS DURING THE ROLL OUT, GIROUX RAISED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE THINKING THAT IT WAS THE FLAP HANDLE. SHIGLEY IMMEDIATELY LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE DOWN, BUT NOT BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON THE NOSE COWLING WITH THE MAINGEAR EXTENDED. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. THE REPORTING INSPECTOR COUNSELED BOTH GIROUX AND SHIGLEY ON LANDING PROCEDURES THAT CAN PREVENT MIS-IDENTIFYING THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE FOR THE FLAP HANDLE. BOTH PILOTS AGREE TO THE PROCEDURES AND EXPRESSED GOOD ATTITUDES. THIS CASE IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N6275R (1)

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

- [Incident 19890525028259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890525028259I), May 25, 1989: Cessna 172RG (N6275R), Angleton, TX, Minor damage. Forgot to lower gear. Landed gear up. Warning too late. Practicing power off and short field landings.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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