20090511006649I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Wichita, KS · May 11, 2009

Date: May 11, 2009 · 07:05 local
Place: Wichita, KS
Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9991B
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
Reported engine: Lycoming VO360*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 300 total125 in this make and model62 in the last 90 days

N9991BRegistered now · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG1110 · Built 1982 Airframe modelCessna 172RG Engine 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) Pilot was conducting landing practice in the pattern at Wichita mid-contient airport (kict) in preparation for the commercial pilot practical test. During the takeoff roll on runway 1L the pilot inadvertently placed the gear lever in the up position at or shortly after beginning rotation pressure. The nose gear retracted into the wheel well and the main gear remained on the runway. The pilot heard the gear warning and reacted by relaxing back pressure thus lowering the nose at which time the propeller struck the runway. The pilot decided to abort the takeoff and settled the nose onto the runway causing damage to the nose gear doors and propeller. The pilot had conducted multiple stop and go landings during this flight on runways 1L and 1R prior to the incident. The pilot was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS CONDUCTING LANDING PRACTICE IN THE PATTERN AT WICHITA MID-CONTIENT AIRPORT (KICT) IN PREPARATION FOR THE COMMERCIAL PILOT PRACTICAL TEST. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 1L THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY PLACED THE GEAR LEVER IN THE UP POSITION AT OR SHORTLY AFTER BEGINNING ROTATION PRESSURE. THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED INTO THE WHEEL WELL AND THE MAIN GEAR REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT HEARD THE GEAR WARNING AND REACTED BY RELAXING BACK PRESSURE THUS LOWERING THE NOSE AT WHICH TIME THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AND SETTLED THE NOSE ONTO THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND PROPELLER. THE PILOT HAD CONDUCTED MULTIPLE STOP AND GO LANDINGS DURING THIS FLIGHT ON RUNWAYS 1L AND 1R PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.