# Incident 20020520014729I: Cessna 172RG, Clemson, SC, May 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2002, 19:00 local time
- Place: Clemson, SC
- Airport: Clemson-Oconee County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6846° N, 82.8101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clemson, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6846&lon=-82.8101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525JG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N525JG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,092 total, 3 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020520014729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 HOURS EDT, ON 05/20/2002, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A TAKE-OFF OF N525JG, AT THE CLEMSON AIRPORT, SC. THE PILOT STATED HE MUST HAVE MOVED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE THINKING IT WAS THE FLAP HANDLE. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN FLYING A BARRON AND THE CESSNA WAS IN A REVERSED POSITION FROM THE BARRON. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES.

## Other reports on N525JG (1)

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

- [Incident 20140628008909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140628008909I), Jun 28, 2014: Cessna 172RG (N525JG), Gastonia, NC, Minor damage. On 6/28/2014 at 1245 EDT, Cessna CE-172-RG, N525JG, registered to flight, inc, landed gear up due to a mechanical failure of the landing gear system. When the…

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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