20051223033099I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Dyersburg, TN · December 23, 2005

Date: December 23, 2005 · 17:30 local
Place: Dyersburg, TN
Airport: Dyersburg Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5298V
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

N5298VRegistered now · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG0501 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna 172RG Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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 pilot privacy data omitted was landing at Dyersburg airport, Dyersburg, TN. The pilot privacy data omitted stated that when he was just above the runway, he bumped the gear handle with his hand and caused the gear to retract. He said he was afraid that he was too slow to go around so he landed in the grass on the side of the runway, gear-up. The pilot privacy data omitted called the NTSB on 12/30/2005 and reported the incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS LANDING AT DYERSBURG AIRPORT, DYERSBURG, TN. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT WHEN HE WAS JUST ABOVE THE RUNWAY, HE BUMPED THE GEAR HANDLE WITH HIS HAND AND CAUSED THE GEAR TO RETRACT. HE SAID HE WAS AFRAID THAT HE WAS TOO SLOW TO GO AROUND SO HE LANDED IN THE GRASS ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, GEAR-UP. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ CALLED THE NTSB ON 12/30/2005 AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT.