# Incident 20100211027429I: Cessna 172RG, Brookings, SD, February 11, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2010, 09:15 local time
- Place: Brookings, SD
- Airport: Brookings Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: U72S
- Location: 44.3045° N, 96.8189° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROOKINGS RGNL (BKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3045&lon=-96.8189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117PB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N117PB) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 295 total, 27 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100211027429I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 11, 2010 AT 0915 A CESSNA 172 RG OPERATED BY SDSU AVIATION WAS INVOLVED IN A GEAR UP LANDING AT BROOKINGS, SD. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. A STUDENT AND A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN THE STUDENT RETRACTED THE FLAPS AND THEN ACCIDENTLY TRIED TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR.  THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED, THE PROP HIT THE GROUND AND THE MAIN GEAR STAYED IN THE DOWN POSITION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE PILOT OR FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE.

## Other reports on N117PB (1)

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

- [Incident 20130602008969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130602008969I), Jun 2, 2013: Cessna 172RG (N117PB), Brookings, SD, Minor damage. This incident occurred on a student training flight. The left main gear would not extend. After discussing the options with the director of maintenance and…

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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