# Incident 20010815021139I: Cessna 172RG, Orlando, FL, August 15, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2001, 16:28 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: N5404V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 922 total, 89 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010815021139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 15, 2001, AT 1628EDT, A CESSNA 172RG, N5404V, OPERATED BY THE COMAIR AVIATION ACADEMY AND PILOTED BY MR. BRIAN WADE, RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR PREMATURELY DURING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT THE ORLANDO SANFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NEAR SANFORD, FL. BEFORE THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, MR. BRANDON KENNING COULD STOP THE GEAR FROM RETRACTING, THE NOSE WHEEL HAD UNLOCKED AND RETRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE PROP, NOSEWHEEL GEAR DOORS, AND THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE 3 PERSONS ON BOARD THE AIRPLANE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, MR. BRANDON W. KENNING, HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AN INSTRUMENT RATING NUMBER 257652373. THE TRAINING FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ORLANDO SANFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON AUGUST 15, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 EDT.

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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