# Incident 20000930017349I: Cessna 172RG, Gaithersburg, MD, September 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2000, 09:00 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery County Arpk Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1683° N, 77.1660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK (GAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1683&lon=-77.1660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5255U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5255U) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000930017349I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY^WAS ACTING AS PIC, GIVING^PRIV^INSTRUCTION ON EMERGENCY LANDINGS.DURING TOUCH AND GO, AFTER AN EMERGENCY APPROACH, THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED ON TAKE OFF ROLL.^PRIV^WAS FLYING THE A/C.^PRIVACY^INTENDED TO TURN ON CARB. HEAT.^PRIVACY^STATES THAT HE DOES NOT REMEMBER PULLING UP THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR, BUT SAID THAT HE MUST HAVE, SINCE IT WAS IN THE UP POSITION WHEN THEY STOPPED AND THE CARB HEAT WAS STILL OFF.^PRIVAC^DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENTS COINCIDES.

## Other reports on N5255U (1)

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

- [Incident 19991008028889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991008028889I), Oct 8, 1999: Cessna 172RG (N5255U), Manassas, VA, Minor damage. (-23) While taxiing near another aircraft, airman was watching right wing and hit a building with his left wing. Minor damage. No injuries.

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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