# Incident 20000127017229I: Cessna 172RG, Novato, CA, January 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2000, 09:00 local time
- Place: Novato, CA
- Airport: Gnoss Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1436° N, 122.5571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GNOSS FLD (DVO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1436&lon=-122.5571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5097V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5097V) (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: 320 total, 12 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/20000127017229I

## Narrative

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

(-5) WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO'S, AS PILOT WAS REACHING FOR THE THROTTLE TO EXECUTE TAKE-OFF, THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS INADVERTENTLY MOVED TO THE UP POSITION. NOSE GEAR IMMEDIATELY COLLAPSED FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT MAIN. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO STOP.

## Other reports on N5097V (2)

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

- [Incident 20160505017659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160505017659I), May 5, 2016: Cessna 172RG (N5097V), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft was touching down on runway 34 and impacted the surface with the Landing gear in the up position
- [Incident 20130702012419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130702012419I), Jul 2, 2013: Cessna 172RG (N5097V), Omaha, NE, No damage. On July 2, 2013 12:45 CST, Cessna N5097V a Cessna 172RG took off from Eppley Airfield, Omaha Nebraska. After take off the pilot noted that the main landing…

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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