# Incident 20030601014519I: Cessna R182, Houston, TX, June 1, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2003, 10:50 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4166C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4166C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030601014519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PRIVATE PILOT, WHILE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDING FOR AIRCRAFT CHECKOUT, INADVERTENTLY MOVED LANDING GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF FLAP HANDLE. NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY RETRACTED AND AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO NOSE COWLING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO PROPELLER AND FUSELAGE SKIN. INSTRUCTOR UNABLE TO RETRACT TO THIS UNEXPECTED MOVE BY PILOT IN LEFT SEAT. BOTH PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE COUNSELED ON CRM AND PROCEDURES IN AIRCRAFT WITH RETRACTABLE GEAR.

## Other reports on N4166C (1)

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

- [Accident 20230419005539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230419005539A), Apr 19, 2023: Cessna R182 (N4166C), Valle, AZ, Substantial damage. On April 19, 2023, about 14:00 mountain standard time (MST), a Cessna R182 aircraft was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident at Valle…

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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