# Incident 20050808021869I: Cessna 172RG, Pontiac, MI, August 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2005, 14:50 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland-Pontiac
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6492° N, 83.2874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pontiac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6492&lon=-83.2874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6274R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6274R-2018-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 14 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050808021869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE MAKING TOUCH & GO TAKE OFF AND LANDING PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS TYPE AIRCRAFT. INSTEAD OF PUSHING THROTTLE FORWARD FOR TOUCH AND GO, HE PULLED GEAR HANDLE UP BY MISTAKE. THIS CAUSED NOSE GEAR TO RETRACT AND AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN RUNWAY WITH NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED OR RETRACTED.

## Other reports on N6274R (2)

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

- [Incident 20170614013279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170614013279I), Jun 14, 2017: Cessna 172RG (N6274R), Waterford, MI, Minor damage. The landing gear was extended for a training maneuver. The main gear extended but the gear unsafe light was illuminated. The gear was recycled twice with the…
- [Incident 20040802020629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040802020629I), Aug 2, 2004: Cessna 172RG (N6274R), Pontiac, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Landed with gear up.

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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