# Incident 20091208053189I: Cessna 172RG, Traverse City, MI, December 8, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2009, 08:45 local time
- Place: Traverse City, MI
- Airport: Cherry Capital
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: JZ8S
- Location: 44.7416° N, 85.5819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHERRY CAPITAL (TVC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7416&lon=-85.5819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9365D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9365D-2018-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 288 total, 14 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091208053189I

## Narrative

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

PRIVATE PILOT FLYING AIRCRAFT FROM LEFT SEAT WITH FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN RIGHT SEAT WERE DOING TOUCH AND GO TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS IN PREPARATION FOR THE PRIVATE PILOT'S COMMERCIAL PILOT FLIGHT CHECK.  ON THE THIRD LANDING WHILE ROLLING ON THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 30 KTS AND RECONFIGURING THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE TAKEOFF, THE PILOT RAISED THE FLAPS, PUSHED IN THE CARBURETOR HEAT CONTROL, AND MOVED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR TO THE UP POSITION.  THE CFI IN THE RIGHT SEAT IMMEDIATELY PUT THE GEAR SELECTOR BACK TO THE DOWN POSITION, BUT THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR RETRACTED WHILE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR REMAINED DOWN.

## Other reports on N9365D (3)

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

- [Incident 20060310009899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060310009899I), Mar 10, 2006: Cessna 172RG (N9365D), Traverse City, MI, Minor damage. (-23) When the landing gear was selected down for the landing the r/h main landing gear would not lock down. Upon landing the r/h landing gear collapsed.
- [Incident 19890417014769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890417014769I), Apr 17, 1989: Cessna 172RG (N9365D), Traverse City, MI, Minor damage. Unable to fully extend landing gear. Elected to land gear up beside runway. Cause under investigation.
- [Incident 19881020060889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881020060889I), Oct 20, 1988: Cessna 172RG (N9365D), Traverse City, MI, Minor damage. Student retracted gear instead of flaps on a touch and go landing. Aircraft received minor damage.

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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