# Incident 19961129042709I: Cessna 172RG, Sanford, FL, November 29, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1996, 08:15 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Central Florida Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7845° N, 81.2761° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7845&lon=-81.2761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40960, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40960-2009-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 10 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961129042709I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT FOR CFI RATING INADVERTENTLY PUT GEAR SELECTOR UP INSTEAD OF FLAPS ON TOUCH AND GO. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N40960 (2)

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

- [Incident 19990225015809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990225015809I), Feb 25, 1999: Cessna 172RG (N40960), Baco Raton, FL, Minor damage. (-5)During cross wind landing at bct, pilot lost control of aircraft, aircraft veered left off of runway. Right wing rose, aircraft went into drainage ditch…
- [Incident 19970805029679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970805029679I), Aug 5, 1997: Cessna 172RG (N40960), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: on July 5, 1997, at 10:00 EDT, Mr. David r. gardner (instructor) and Mr. Jason m. magness (student) were flying a comair aviation academy Cessna…

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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