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FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Warrensburg, MO · March 28, 2006

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Date
March 28, 2006 · 13:40 local
Place
Warrensburg, MO
Airport
Skyhaven Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6522R
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,194 total132 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days
N6522RRegistered now · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG0191 · Built 1979Airframe modelCessna 172RGEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) This incident involved a flight instructor and student on a training flight at Skyhaven Airport (9K4) in Warrensburg, MO. The student, who holds a private pilot certificate with instrument rating and an endorsement for complex aircraft, was training toward the commercial pilot certificate. The instructor and student were conducting repeated takeoffs and landings to a full stop. The landing gear selector was inadvertently placed in the up position sometime after landing and prior to the last takeoff. (A landing gear safety switch is located on the nosewheel strut and prevents gear retraction while the nosewheel is on the ground). As the airplane rotated during takeoff and the nosewheel lifted off the ground, the landing gear retracted. The airplane did not have enough airspeed to maintain flight and settled back to the runway with the landing gear retracted. The landing gear selector was found in the up position after the incident. Neither the instructor nor the student are sure of when the landing gear gear selector was placed in the up position. Incident privacy data omitted is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THIS INCIDENT INVOLVED A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT ON A TRAINING FLIGHT AT SKYHAVEN AIRPORT (9K4) IN WARRENSBURG, MO. THE STUDENT, WHO HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH INSTRUMENT RATING AND AN ENDORSEMENT FOR COMPLEX AIRCRAFT, WAS TRAINING TOWARD THE COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE CONDUCTING REPEATED TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS TO A FULL STOP. THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR WAS INADVERTENTLY PLACED IN THE UP POSITION SOMETIME AFTER LANDING AND PRIOR TO THE LAST TAKEOFF. (A LANDING GEAR SAFETY SWITCH IS LOCATED ON THE NOSEWHEEL STRUT AND PREVENTS GEAR RETRACTION WHILE THE NOSEWHEEL IS ON THE GROUND). AS THE AIRPLANE ROTATED DURING TAKEOFF AND THE NOSEWHEEL LIFTED OFF THE GROUND, THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE AIRPLANE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH AIRSPEED TO MAINTAIN FLIGHT AND SETTLED BACK TO THE RUNWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR WAS FOUND IN THE UP POSITION AFTER THE INCIDENT. NEITHER THE INSTRUCTOR NOR THE STUDENT ARE SURE OF WHEN THE LANDING GEAR GEAR SELECTOR WAS PLACED IN THE UP POSITION. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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