# Incident 20041219032379I: Cessna 172H, Bedford, MA, December 19, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2004, 18:06 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Laurence G Hanscom Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: H1ES
- Location: 42.4699° N, 71.2890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (BED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4699&lon=-71.2890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4990R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4990R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041219032379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) END OF ROUTINE TRAINING FLIGHT, APPROACH TO BED FLAPS DEPLOYED TO 40 DEGREES. INSTRUCTOR HAD STUDENT INITIATE GO-AROUND AND ON CLIMB OUT NOTICED THE FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT FULLY. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO CONTROLLABILITY PROBLEMS. UPON REMOVAL OF THE WRINKLED FLAP, IT APPEARS THE OUTBOARD FLAP ROLLER BEARING HAD SEIZED.

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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