# Incident 19990405018539I: Cessna 172RG, Rangley, CO, April 5, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1999, 10:15 local time
- Place: Rangley, CO
- Airport: Rangley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Aircraft: N6113R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6113R) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,550 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990405018539I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## Other reports on N6113R (1)

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

- [Incident 19850822050569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850822050569I), Aug 22, 1985: Cessna 172RG (N6113R), Rangely, CO, Minor damage. Touched down short of runway after encountering wake turbulence from king air.

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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