# Incident 20060108000479I: Cessna 172RG, Fort Collins, CO, January 8, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2006, 19:15 local time
- Place: Fort Collins, CO
- Airport: Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5853° N, 105.0844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Collins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5853&lon=-105.0844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5136R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5136R-2007-02-22) (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: 950 total, 45 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060108000479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TRAINING ON THE 4TH CONSECUTIVE "TOUCH & GO" IN THE SEQUENCE, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ LANDED SUCCESSFULLY WITH THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. HE WAS THEN INSTRUCTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA ^ AT GROUND SPEED OF APPROX 40 KTS TO PREPARE FOR TAKE-OFF. WHILE REACHING TO PUSH CARB HEAT KNOB IN, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ INADVERTENTLY MOVED THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE RETRACT POSITION. THE NOSE GEAR DID RETRACT WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PROPELLER IMPACTING THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE WAS RELEGATED TO NOSE GEAR DOORS AND PROPELLER. NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N5136R (1)

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

- [Accident 20050806016769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050806016769A), Aug 6, 2005: Cessna 172RG (N5136R), Fort Collins, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) The Cessna 172RG was on an instructional flight landing rw 33 at Loveland Fort Collins airport with the student as the flying pilot. He encountered a…

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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