# Incident 19960607029719I: Cessna R182, Austin, TX, June 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1996, 17:40 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Robert Mueller Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5241S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,422 total, 197 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960607029719I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT APPROXIMATELY 5:40 PM, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1996, MR. STUART W. ASHMUN, THE PILOT IN COMMAND HAD A NOSE GEAR RETRACTION WHILE ON TAKE-OFF ROLL AT AUSTIN MUELLER AIRPORT, AUSTIN,TX. MR. ASHMUN STATED THAT AFTER THE INCIDENT, HE NOTICED THAT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HIS 31/2 YEAR OLD SON HAD BEEN IN THE AIRPLANE BY HIMSELF AND "HAD TURNED SOME LIGHT SWITCHES AND PUT THE GEAR HANDLE UP". MR. ASHMUN ADMITTED HE DID NOT CHECK THE HANDLE PRIOR TO ENGINE START UP. THE PILOT ADMITTED TO NOT FOLLOWING THE MANUFACTURERS CHECK LIST. THIS WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS INCIDENT. THIS INSPECTOR COUNSELED THE PILOT AND FEELS THAT HIS INCIDENT WILL NOT REOCCUR WITH RESPECT TO MR. ASHMUN.

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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