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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Lancaster, PA · April 26, 1996

Date: April 26, 1996 · 08:45 local
Place: Lancaster, PA
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6117R
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 25,000 total250 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

N6117RRegistration cancelled Sep 17, 2013 · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG0087 · Built 1979 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.

Narrative: on April 26, 1996, at 0845 hours, a Cessna, model 172-RG, registration no. N6117R, registered to garden spot aviation inc., made a gear-up landing at Lancaster airport, Lancaster, PA while on a training flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft received minor damage, and the certificated instructor pilot and student were not injured. The flight originated at Lancaster, PA on April 26, 1996, at 0830. The student was making a touch and go landing at Lancaster airport on runway 26. On the second touch and go landing, while on the runway, the student thought that he was reaching for the flap handle, instead he reached for the landing gear handle and started it into its up position. The instructor stopped the student, but it was too late. The nose gear retracted and the aircraft settled onto the runway causing damage to the propeller blades and nose wheel doors. privacy data omitted This case is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 26, 1996, AT 0845 HOURS, A CESSNA, MODEL 172-RG, REGISTRATION NO. N6117R, REGISTERED TO GARDEN SPOT AVIATION INC., MADE A GEAR-UP LANDING AT LANCASTER AIRPORT, LANCASTER, PA WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE CERTIFICATED INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LANCASTER, PA ON APRIL 26, 1996, AT 0830. THE STUDENT WAS MAKING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT LANCASTER AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 26. ON THE SECOND TOUCH AND GO LANDING, WHILE ON THE RUNWAY, THE STUDENT THOUGHT THAT HE WAS REACHING FOR THE FLAP HANDLE, INSTEAD HE REACHED FOR THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE AND STARTED IT INTO ITS UP POSITION. THE INSTRUCTOR STOPPED THE STUDENT, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER BLADES AND NOSE WHEEL DOORS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS CASE IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

Other reports on N6117R · 2

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

Accident 20090825049489ACruise/Level Flight · Rockaway, NJOn 08/25/2009 Mr. Fischer was PIC of N6117R, he occupied the left seat, giving Ms. Gittens, a cfi-a student, dual instruction. During an in flight maunever, while the gear was down, Mr. Fisher noticed oil on the left tire and a low oil pressure indication on…Aug 25, 2009 · Substantial damage Accident 19810520027019ALevel Off Touchdown · Perry, FLPilot made hard landing and bounced. Aircraft drifted off side of runway and nose wheel broke off.May 20, 1981 · Substantial damage