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Incident · Minor damage
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FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Rangley, CO · April 5, 1999

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Date
April 5, 1999 · 10:15 local
Place
Rangley, CO
Airport
Rangley Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6113R
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,550 total200 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
N6113RRegistered now · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG0086 · Built 1979Airframe modelCessna 172RGEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5) Touch and go landings. The student and instructor prepared the aircraft for take off, on the landing run. Flaps, trim and carb heat applied, etc. The normal procedure would be for the student to prep for takeoff. The flight instructor departed from normal procedures in that he assisted the student in preparing the aircraft for takeoff. During the prep the landing gear handle was raised. Arming the landing gear system. The aircraft gained speed, and the nose wheel started to shimmy badly. The student was instructed to raise the nose, which she did. The nose gear then started to retract and the nose started to drop. The instructor then took over command of the aircraft, as the nose continued to drop there was a prop strike. The aircraft continued to gain speed. The nose then came up and the aircraft became airborne. The instructor made a go around and landed without further incident. Nether the student nor the instructor remember touching the gear lever. Departure from procedures, mechanical problem (nose gear shimmy) and probable miscommunication, all combined to distract both the student and the instructor. The report is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR PREPARED THE AIRCRAFT FOR TAKE OFF, ON THE LANDING RUN. FLAPS, TRIM AND CARB HEAT APPLIED, ETC. THE NORMAL PROCEDURE WOULD BE FOR THE STUDENT TO PREP FOR TAKEOFF. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR DEPARTED FROM NORMAL PROCEDURES IN THAT HE ASSISTED THE STUDENT IN PREPARING THE AIRCRAFT FOR TAKEOFF. DURING THE PREP THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS RAISED. ARMING THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. THE AIRCRAFT GAINED SPEED, AND THE NOSE WHEEL STARTED TO SHIMMY BADLY. THE STUDENT WAS INSTRUCTED TO RAISE THE NOSE, WHICH SHE DID. THE NOSE GEAR THEN STARTED TO RETRACT AND THE NOSE STARTED TO DROP. THE INSTRUCTOR THEN TOOK OVER COMMAND OF THE AIRCRAFT, AS THE NOSE CONTINUED TO DROP THERE WAS A PROP STRIKE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO GAIN SPEED. THE NOSE THEN CAME UP AND THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE. THE INSTRUCTOR MADE A GO AROUND AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NETHER THE STUDENT NOR THE INSTRUCTOR REMEMBER TOUCHING THE GEAR LEVER. DEPARTURE FROM PROCEDURES, MECHANICAL PROBLEM (NOSE GEAR SHIMMY) AND PROBABLE MISCOMMUNICATION, ALL COMBINED TO DISTRACT BOTH THE STUDENT AND THE INSTRUCTOR. THE REPORT IS CLOSED.

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