# Incident 20100727042929I: Cessna 172RG, St Augustine, FL, July 27, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2010, 15:00 local time
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8960° N, 81.3116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Augustine, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8960&lon=-81.3116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5097U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5097U-2013-08-15) (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: 1,200 total, 50 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100727042929I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE DOING TOUCH AND GO'S. THE PILOT INADVERTANTLY GRABED THE GEAR INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS. BEFORE THE INSTRUCTOR REALIZED IT, IT WAS TO LATE. THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED BUT THE MAIN GEAR STAYED DOWN AND LOCKED.

## Other reports on N5097U (2)

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

- [Incident 19930529020149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930529020149I), May 29, 1993: Cessna 172RG (N5097U), Knoxville, TN, Minor damage. Landing gear not lowered on approach. Landed gear up.
- [Incident 19840818058289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840818058289I), Aug 18, 1984: Cessna 172RG (N5097U), Jennings, LA, Minor damage. Nose gear was not extended during a landing. No horn and 3 greens were noted prior to landing. Cause undetermined.

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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