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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Fernandina Beac, FL · September 23, 2003

Date
September 23, 2003 · 16:30 local
Place
Fernandina Beac, FL
Airport
Fernandina Beach Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6383V
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total240 in this make and model150 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) The pic/instructor advised that after the student applied takeoff power and the weight was off the nose gear squat switch the student then selected gear up instead of carb heat. The nose landing gear retracted causing engine sudden stoppage and major prop damage. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PIC/INSTRUCTOR ADVISED THAT AFTER THE STUDENT APPLIED TAKEOFF POWER AND THE WEIGHT WAS OFF THE NOSE GEAR SQUAT SWITCH THE STUDENT THEN SELECTED GEAR UP INSTEAD OF CARB HEAT. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED CAUSING ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE AND MAJOR PROP DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^