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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Winfield/Arkans, KS · May 14, 2001

Date: May 14, 2001 · 17:45 local
Place: Winfield/Arkans, KS
Airport: Strother Field Airport
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N747BF
Reported as: Cessna R182
Reported engine: Lycoming O540*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,750 total30 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N747BFRegistered now · Cessna R182S/N R18201581 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna R182 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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) After landing on a touch and go, the pilot (the student in the left seat) was holding back pressure on the control wheel allowing the gear to retract when he touched the gear handle while reaching for the carburetor heat. The nose landing gear began to retract, causing the prop to strike the runway. The yoke was pulled back and the gear handle was placed back in the down position, causing the nose gear to extend back down. The pilot was cleaning up the airplane for take-off during his complex aircraft check-out that that included a series of touch-and-go landings. It appears that the pilot accidentally touched the gear handle before pushing in the carb heat. The handle may not have been in the downlock detent position which would have allowed it to easily go to a partial up position.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER LANDING ON A TOUCH AND GO, THE PILOT (THE STUDENT IN THE LEFT SEAT) WAS HOLDING BACK PRESSURE ON THE CONTROL WHEEL ALLOWING THE GEAR TO RETRACT WHEN HE TOUCHED THE GEAR HANDLE WHILE REACHING FOR THE CARBURETOR HEAT. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BEGAN TO RETRACT, CAUSING THE PROP TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE YOKE WAS PULLED BACK AND THE GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED BACK IN THE DOWN POSITION, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND BACK DOWN. THE PILOT WAS CLEANING UP THE AIRPLANE FOR TAKE-OFF DURING HIS COMPLEX AIRCRAFT CHECK-OUT THAT THAT INCLUDED A SERIES OF TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. IT APPEARS THAT THE PILOT ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED THE GEAR HANDLE BEFORE PUSHING IN THE CARB HEAT. THE HANDLE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE DOWNLOCK DETENT POSITION WHICH WOULD HAVE ALLOWED IT TO EASILY GO TO A PARTIAL UP POSITION.