# Incident 20010514012739I: Cessna R182, Winfield/Arkans, KS, May 14, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2001, 17:45 local time
- Place: Winfield/Arkans, KS
- Airport: Strother Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1686° N, 97.0375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STROTHER FLD (WLD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1686&lon=-97.0375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N747BF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N747BF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 30 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010514012739I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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