# Incident 20020617019459I: Cessna 172RG, Schenectady, NY, June 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2002, 11:30 local time
- Place: Schenectady, NY
- Airport: Schenectady County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8527° N, 73.9296° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SCHENECTADY COUNTY (SCH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8527&lon=-73.9296&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9437D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9437D) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 852 total, 11 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020617019459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) COMMERCIAL PILOT STUDENT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WITH AN INSTRUCTOR WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING TAKE OFF SEQUENCE. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THE APPROACH AND LANDING WERE NORMAL WITH A SAFE GEAR INDICATION. AFTER AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST HE NOTED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION. THE STUDENT BELIEVES HE KNOCKED THE GEAR HANDLE OUT OF THE DOWN POSITION WITH HIS KNEE. AN INSPECTION AND OPERATIONAL CHECKED OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEMS DID NOT REVEAL ANY ABNORMALITIES.

## Other reports on N9437D (1)

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

- [Incident 19870514023279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870514023279I), May 14, 1987: Cessna 172RG (N9437D), Glens Falls, NY, Minor damage. Gear inadvertently retracted during rollout.

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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