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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Augusta, GA · August 28, 2000

Date: August 28, 2000 · 14:54 local
Place: Augusta, GA
Airport: Bush Field
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6249V
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 757 total528 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N6249VRegistered now · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG0596 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna 172RG Engine 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.

(-23)Pilot landed aircraft at Augusta regional airport (ags) at 1855Z. On landing roll out pilot in command turned off the carb heat and inadvertantly raised the gear handle. He immediatly put the handle in the down position but the nose gear had already started to retract. As the nose settled the prop struck the runway. Damage was limited to the engine,prop, cowling, and exhaust system.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT AT AUGUSTA REGIONAL AIRPORT (AGS) AT 1855Z. ON LANDING ROLL OUT PILOT IN COMMAND TURNED OFF THE CARB HEAT AND INADVERTANTLY RAISED THE GEAR HANDLE. HE IMMEDIATLY PUT THE HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION BUT THE NOSE GEAR HAD ALREADY STARTED TO RETRACT. AS THE NOSE SETTLED THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE ENGINE,PROP, COWLING, AND EXHAUST SYSTEM.