# Incident 20070916022029I: Cessna 172RG, Denver, CO, September 16, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2007, 10:30 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N550AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N550AM-2022-02-05) (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: 2,446 total, 375 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070916022029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR WAS CONDUCTING FLIGHT TRAINING WITH HIS STUDENT PURSUANT TO A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE IN A COMPLEX AIRPLANE. STUDENT HAD PERFORMED 10 TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. AFTER LANDING AND DURING THE TOUCH AND GO, THE STUDENT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO MAINTAIN SAFE FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N550AM (4)

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

- [Incident 20070305003379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070305003379I), Mar 5, 2007: Cessna 172RG (N550AM), Denver, CO, Minor damage. (-23) Approximately 1 hour into the local area training flight the crew attempted to lower the gear for a landing. The nose and right main gear extended, but…
- [Incident 20011223035949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011223035949I), Dec 23, 2001: Cessna 172RG (N550AM), Denver, CO, Minor damage. (-23) The investigation showed that the connecting bolt to the nose torque link lost the bolt. The nut came loose causing failure of the gear to retract. It is…
- [Incident 19970604022239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970604022239I), Jun 4, 1997: Cessna 172RG (N550AM), Chandler, AZ. Fumes on climbout. Returned. Hydraulic pressure pump failed.
- [Incident 19871111074919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871111074919I), Nov 11, 1987: Cessna 172RG (N550AM), Maricopa, AZ, Minor damage. Practice emergency gear extension. Gear collapse at landing on dirt strip with safe indication. No system problems.

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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