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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Lancaster, CA · March 10, 1998

Date
March 10, 1998 · 10:20 local
Place
Lancaster, CA
Airport
Gen Wm J Fox Airfield Airport
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7355Y
Reported as
Cessna R182
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,431 total3,000 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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: Mr. Hansen was cleared for touch-and-go. After touchdown he reached to retract the flaps and instead, retracted the landing gear. Nose gear retracted and aircraft settled on nose. Damage to prop and nose landing gear doors was minor. Airman competency clearly a factor. Pilot retracted gear when he thought he was retracting the flaps.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: MR. HANSEN WAS CLEARED FOR TOUCH-AND-GO. AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE REACHED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS AND INSTEAD, RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. NOSE GEAR RETRACTED AND AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON NOSE. DAMAGE TO PROP AND NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS WAS MINOR. AIRMAN COMPETENCY CLEARLY A FACTOR. PILOT RETRACTED GEAR WHEN HE THOUGHT HE WAS RETRACTING THE FLAPS.