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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Murfreesboro, TN · March 1, 2003

Date: March 1, 2003 · 13:15 local
Place: Murfreesboro, TN
Airport: Murfreesboro Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N95RT
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 500 total25 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

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) CFI was conducting touch and goes with a student who held a private pilot certificate and was working on his commercial rating. This was the student pilot's first flight in the 172RG and the CFI had 25 hours in this type. Upon landing on runway, the student pilot went to clean the aircraft configuration up for takeoff and instead of raising the flaps grabbed the gear handle and pulled it to the up position. At that point, the nose gear collapsed and the prop struck the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) CFI WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GOES WITH A STUDENT WHO HELD A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE AND WAS WORKING ON HIS COMMERCIAL RATING. THIS WAS THE STUDENT PILOT'S FIRST FLIGHT IN THE 172RG AND THE CFI HAD 25 HOURS IN THIS TYPE. UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY, THE STUDENT PILOT WENT TO CLEAN THE AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION UP FOR TAKEOFF AND INSTEAD OF RAISING THE FLAPS GRABBED THE GEAR HANDLE AND PULLED IT TO THE UP POSITION. AT THAT POINT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY.