# Incident 19960424029589I: Cessna 172RG, Houston, TX, April 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1996, 16:55 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4221, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4221-2023-12-26) (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: 233 total, 20 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960424029589I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS FLYING A VFR PLEASURE FLIGHT AFTER MAKING A NORMAL LANDING AND TURNING OFF THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT MISTAKENLY RAISED THE GEAR LEVER TO THE UP POSITION. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N4221 (1)

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

- [Incident 20030904023899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030904023899I), Sep 4, 2003: Cessna 172RG (N4221), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot reported a "pop" when the landing gear was retracted on takeoff. No other anomalies were noted at that time. Upon return to the same airport,…

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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