# Incident 20060830022079I: Cessna 172RG, El Cajon, CA, August 30, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2006, 17:58 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5167R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5167R-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060830022079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CONDUCT OF THIS FLIGHT WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE CHECK RIDE. THE DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINER (DPE) STATED THAT DURING THE TAKE-OFF ROLL, HE WAS LOOKING OUT OF THE RIGHT WINDOW AS THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT ROSE AND THEN FELL, ACCOMPANIED BY THE SOUND OF THE PROPELLER HITTING THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT IS A FOREIGN PILOT WHO COULD NOT BE INTERVIEWED BECAUSE HE DISAPPEARED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT. THE DPE AND A LOCAL MECHANIC STATED THAT ALTHOUGH THE PILOT DENIED MOVING THE GEAR SELECTOR TO THE "UP" POSITION, THERE WERE NO DEFECTS FOUND IN THE SYSTEM AND THE NOSE GEAR RETURNED TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION AS SOON AS POWER WAS APPLIED WITH THE SELECTOR IN THE "DOWN" POSITION. THE DPE THINKS THAT HE SAW THE GEAR SELECTOR IN THE "UP" POSITION IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT, BUT IS UNCERTAIN AND THE SELECTOR WAS LATER FOUND IN THE "DOWN" POSITION.

## Other reports on N5167R (5)

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

- [Incident 20141228023879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141228023879I), Dec 28, 2014: Cessna 172RG (N5167R), El Cajon, CA, Minor damage. Detected abnormal landing gear operation, did not lock. Troubleshot using checklist and p.o.h, attempted to lower gear using g-force manuevers and emergency…
- [Accident 20040723017669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040723017669A), Jul 23, 2004: Cessna 172RG (N5167R), San Diego, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 23, 2004, N5167R, a Cessna CE-172-RG aircraft was involved in an accident while conducting a full stop landing at Montgomery airfield (kmyf) San…
- [Incident 20021012030369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021012030369I), Oct 12, 2002: Cessna 172RG (N5167R), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Flight crew reported that the landing gear indicated as being down and locked, green light, but on landing roll-out, the aircraft nose continued to…
- [Incident 19920521019669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920521019669I), May 21, 1992: Cessna 172RG (N5167R), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Pilot inadvertently selected the landing gear control to the up position on a touch and go. Nose gear collapsed.
- [Incident 19800913070519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800913070519I), Sep 13, 1980: Cessna 172RG (N5167R), Beaufort, NC, Minor damage. Pilot landed 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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