# Incident 19961021040319I: Cessna 172RG, Atlanta, GA, October 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1996, 10:45 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8760° N, 84.3020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEKALB-PEACHTREE (PDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8760&lon=-84.3020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6562V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6562V) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 55 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961021040319I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MS. GILMORE WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT OF THIS C-172RG PRACTICING FOR AN INITIAL CFI PRACTICAL TEST FORTH COMING. AFTER LANDING ON A TOUCH AND GO THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON IT'S NOSE WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RWY CENTER LINE W/MINOR DAMAGE. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION INDICATES THAT THE GEAR OPERATED CORRECTLY. PILOT STATED THAT PRIOR TO LANDING THE GEAR INDICATED SAFE. AS A RESULT OF A GEAR FUNCTION CHECK (21 CYCLES) BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, IT IS BELIEVED THAT DURING THE TOUCH & GO THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY MISTOOK THE GEAR HANDLE FOR THE WING FLAP HANDLE AND RAISED THE GEAR HANDLE CAUSING THE NOSE WHEEL TO COLLAPSE. WEATHER WAS VFR WITH LIGHT WINDS. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N6562V (2)

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

- [Accident 20080207831769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080207831769A), Feb 7, 2008: Cessna 172RG (N6562V), Atlanta, GA, Substantial damage. (-23) Cessna 172RG, N6562V while performing practice landing/take-off maneuvers experienced hydraulic sytem failure. Landing gear system failure occurred after…
- [Accident 19980517016169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980517016169A), May 17, 1998: Cessna 172RG (N6562V), Roberta, GA, Substantial damage. (.19) On may 17, 1998, about 1416 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172RG, N6562V, registered to aviation atlanta, inc., experienced collapse of the right main…

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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