# Incident 19970805029679I: Cessna 172RG, Jacksonville, FL, August 5, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1997, 10:00 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Craig Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970805029679I

## Narrative

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

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 172RG, N40960, ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. MR. MAGNESS MISMANAGED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR BY PLACING IT IN THE "UP" POSITION DURING THE LANDING ROLL OF A TOUCH AND GO MANEUVER CAUSING THE PROPELLOR TIPS TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOTS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## 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 19961129042709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961129042709I), Nov 29, 1996: Cessna 172RG (N40960), Sanford, FL, Minor damage. Student for CFI rating inadvertently put gear selector up instead of flaps on touch and go. Nose gear collapsed.

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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