# Incident 20000707035209I: Cessna 172RG, Honolulu, HI, July 7, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2000, 18:10 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3069&lon=-157.8583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5338V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5338V) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 532 total, 60 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000707035209I

## Narrative

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

(-23)INSTRUCTOR PILOT ^PRIVA^ WAS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND. PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY^ WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION IN PREPARATION FOR AN INSTRUMENT RATING PRACTICAL TEST.  ^PRIVACY^ PERFORMED THE PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF ^PRIVA^.  ^PRIVA^ STATES HE VISUALLY CHECKED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE AND GREEN "GEAR-DOWN" LIGHT. ON TAKEOFF, AS ^PRIVACY^ LIFTED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE LANDING GEAR BEGAN TO REACT.  AFTER THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY, ^PRIVA^ TOOK CONTROL AND MAINTANINED FLIGHT LONG ENOUGH TO PULL THE MIXTURE CONTROL AND THEN LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE LANDING GEAR BEGAN TO RETRACT.  A POST-INCIDENT INVESTIGATION FOUND THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE "UP" POSITION.  NO MECHANICAL ABNORMALITY IN THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION SYSTEM COULD BE FOUND.  BOTH PILOTS MAINTAINED THAT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE "DOWN" POSITION PRIOR TO TAKEOFF.

## Other reports on N5338V (6)

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

- [Incident 20250508007199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250508007199I), May 8, 2025: Cessna 172RG (N5338V), Sugar Land, TX, Minor damage. During a training flight, the instructor pilot initiated approach for landing and attempted to extend the landing gear. The nose gear and left main gear…
- [Accident 20220403004919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220403004919A), Apr 3, 2022: Cessna 172RG (N5338V), Perland, TX, Substantial damage. While on final approach to landing the flight instructor was distracted by a nonstable approach and giving flight instruction that the prelanding checklist was…
- [Accident 19930520014599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930520014599A), May 20, 1993: Cessna 172RG (N5338V), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Substantial damage. Left main gear collapsed on l anding gear would not lock down. Was in trail. Gear pivot assembly had failed.
- [Incident 19910403019009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910403019009I), Apr 3, 1991: Cessna 172RG (N5338V), Ft Lauderdale, FL. Engine losing power. Forced landing on highway. Mixture control arm retaining nut loose. Cotter pin missing.
- [Incident 19881107065499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881107065499I), Nov 7, 1988: Cessna 172RG (N5338V), Pompano Beach, FL, Minor damage. Student retracted gear on a takeoff roll. Instructor recovered and made a go around. Prop tips damaged.
- [Incident 19871211079689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871211079689I), Dec 11, 1987: Cessna 172RG (N5338V), Pompano Beach, FL, Minor damage. Made a gear up landing while practicing touch and go landings. Student inadvertently raised the gear handle.

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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