# Incident 20010306005909I: Cessna 172RG, Orlando, FL, March 6, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2001, 16:20 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5311R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5311R-2009-09-04) (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 O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 904 total, 153 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010306005909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA^ AND HIS STUDENT, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CANDIDATE ^PRIVACY DATA^ WERE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS IN CE-172, N5311R, AT SANFORD-ORLANDO AIRPORT, SANFORD, FLORIDA, ON 3-6-01. ^PRIVACY DA^OCCUPIED THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT OF THE A/C AND WAS OPERATING THE A/C DURING SUCH TOUCH AND GO OPERATIONS. DURING THE GROUND ROLL PORION OF A TOUCH AND GO LANDING, THE ALNDING GEAR SELECTOR LEVER WAS APPARENTLY PLACED IN THE UP POSITION, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO RETRACT. NEITHER PILOT RECALLS WHO MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY MOVED THE GEAR SELECTOR LEVER. HOWEVER, A POST INCIDENT FUNCTION CHECK OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM OF N5311R REVEALED NO OPERATIONAL DEFICIENCIES.

## Other reports on N5311R (1)

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

- [Incident 19931115047689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931115047689I), Nov 15, 1993: Cessna 172RG (N5311R), Orlando, FL. Low oil pressure. Raising oil and cylinder head temperature on climb. Returned. Landed safely.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.