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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Bismarck, ND · May 21, 1996

Date: May 21, 1996
Place: Bismarck, ND
Airport: Bismarck Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6152S
Reported as: Cessna R182
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,750 total60 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

N6152SRegistered now · Cessna TR182S/N R18201630 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna TR182 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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: pilot was in landing phase and flareout. As main gear touched, pilot began cleaning up aircraft by raising flaps, pushing in carburetor heat, etc., and inadvertently placed gear handle in up position. He immediately realized what he had done and lowered the gear handle, but not before prop tips struck runway surface. No other damage was done. Engine change initiated. Airman was re-examined by o.a.s. inspector 6-3-96 with satisfactory results. Airman was counseled by FAA inspectors 6-4-96 regarding after-landing procedures and importance of control verification before initiating action.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS IN LANDING PHASE AND FLAREOUT. AS MAIN GEAR TOUCHED, PILOT BEGAN CLEANING UP AIRCRAFT BY RAISING FLAPS, PUSHING IN CARBURETOR HEAT, ETC., AND INADVERTENTLY PLACED GEAR HANDLE IN UP POSITION. HE IMMEDIATELY REALIZED WHAT HE HAD DONE AND LOWERED THE GEAR HANDLE, BUT NOT BEFORE PROP TIPS STRUCK RUNWAY SURFACE. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS DONE. ENGINE CHANGE INITIATED. AIRMAN WAS RE-EXAMINED BY O.A.S. INSPECTOR 6-3-96 WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS. AIRMAN WAS COUNSELED BY FAA INSPECTORS 6-4-96 REGARDING AFTER-LANDING PROCEDURES AND IMPORTANCE OF CONTROL VERIFICATION BEFORE INITIATING ACTION.