20011108037709I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Natchitoches, LA · November 8, 2001

Date: November 8, 2001
Place: Natchitoches, LA
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: GO8S
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5179V
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,100 total50 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N5179VRegistered now · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG0460 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna 172RG Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Student had been given simulated emergency, and had set up an approach to landing. Student did not follow proper procedure during approach, and instructor was trying to show correct procedure during approach. Instructor was distracted at this time, and failed to notice the position of the landing gear handle (assumed that student had lowered gear). Aircraft landed with gear retracted and sustained minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT HAD BEEN GIVEN SIMULATED EMERGENCY, AND HAD SET UP AN APPROACH TO LANDING. STUDENT DID NOT FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURE DURING APPROACH, AND INSTRUCTOR WAS TRYING TO SHOW CORRECT PROCEDURE DURING APPROACH. INSTRUCTOR WAS DISTRACTED AT THIS TIME, AND FAILED TO NOTICE THE POSITION OF THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE (ASSUMED THAT STUDENT HAD LOWERED GEAR). AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH GEAR RETRACTED AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.