# Incident 20020117002099I: Cessna 172RG, Rangley, CO, January 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2002, 14:45 local time
- Place: Rangley, CO
- Airport: Rangley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MB8S
- Aircraft: N5209U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5209U-2018-01-11) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 51 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020117002099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PRIVATE PILOT BEARDSLEY WAS PRACTICING SOFT FIELD TAKE OFF AND LANDING WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR IN PREPARATION FOR HIS COMMERCIAL FLIGHT CHECK. PILOT BEARDSLEY RAISED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO THE UP POSITION BEFORE THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE AND THE NOSE WHEEL RETRACTED CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO SKID ON ITS NOSE. THE PROPELLER COWLING AND NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE DAMAGED. TEH COLORADO NORTHWEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE FLIGHT DEPARTMENT ISSUED A MEMO DATED 01-23-02 WHICH STATES: "WHILE TRAINING IN THE RETRACTABLE GEAR AIRPLANE, THE INSTRUCTOR WILL PLACE HIS/HER HAND OVER THE GEAR HANDLE TO PREVENT THE STUDENT FROM RAISING THE GEAR HANDLE, AND MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE GEAR HANDLE UNTIL THE AIRPLANE IS SAFELY AIRBORNE AND POSITIVE RATE-OF-CLIMB HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. THIS PROCEDURE SHOULD PREVENT THIS INCIDENT OCCURRING IN THE FUTURE.

## Other reports on N5209U (2)

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

- [Incident 20170704011989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170704011989I), Jul 4, 2017: Cessna 172RG (N5209U), Montrose, CO, Minor damage. The pilot was preparing to land at kmtj when he noticed he could not get the gear to extend. He called the flight school and got as much information to help…
- [Incident 19950306010549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950306010549I), Mar 6, 1995: Cessna 172RG (N5209U), Rangley, CO, Minor damage. Narrative: on March 6, 1995, MS. Janelle wallace was performing the duties of a CFI for Colorado northwest community college, FAR 141, flight school. She…

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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