# Incident 19960426008759I: Cessna 172RG, Lancaster, PA, April 26, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1996, 08:45 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0421° N, 76.3010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0421&lon=-76.3010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6117R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6117R-2013-09-17) (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: 25,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960426008759I

## Narrative

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

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 20090825049489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090825049489A), Aug 25, 2009: Cessna 172RG (N6117R), Rockaway, NJ, Substantial damage. On 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,…
- [Accident 19810520027019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810520027019A), May 20, 1981: Cessna 172RG (N6117R), Perry, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing and bounced. Aircraft drifted off side of runway and nose wheel broke off.

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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