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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Oklahoma City, OK · September 21, 2004

Date: September 21, 2004 · 11:30 local
Place: Oklahoma City, OK
Airport: Sundance Airpark Airport
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: I1ES
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6336V
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
Reported engine: Lycoming O360*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,030 total80 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N6336VRegistered now · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG0632 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna 172RG Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Flight was an instructional lesson performing touch and goes. The instructor (o'boyle) was in the left seat and the CFI student (mathews) was flying from the right seat. On the second touch and go while rolling on the runway, the student retracted the gear by mistake while configuring for the takeoff. The instructor placed the handle in the down position, but the nose gear had already unlocked. The nose of the aircraft/propeller struck the ground while the main gear remained locked. The aircraft then stopped on the runway. Damage was minor and limited to the propeller/engine, nose gear doors, and cowl flap.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FLIGHT WAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL LESSON PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES. THE INSTRUCTOR (O'BOYLE) WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT AND THE CFI STUDENT (MATHEWS) WAS FLYING FROM THE RIGHT SEAT. ON THE SECOND TOUCH AND GO WHILE ROLLING ON THE RUNWAY, THE STUDENT RETRACTED THE GEAR BY MISTAKE WHILE CONFIGURING FOR THE TAKEOFF. THE INSTRUCTOR PLACED THE HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION, BUT THE NOSE GEAR HAD ALREADY UNLOCKED. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT/PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND WHILE THE MAIN GEAR REMAINED LOCKED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER/ENGINE, NOSE GEAR DOORS, AND COWL FLAP.