# Incident 20110131001259I: Cessna 172RG, Hickory, NC, January 31, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2011, 18:20 local time
- Place: Hickory, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7332° N, 81.3412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hickory, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7332&lon=-81.3412&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5209V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5209V) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,010 total, 325 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110131001259I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1820 ON JANUARY 31,2011 THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING ON CESSNA N5209V.  THE STUDENT (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) WAS ON HIS SECOND LESSON TO BECOME FAMILAR WITH THE AIRCRAFT. WE WERE DOING TOUCH AND GO'ES ON RUNWAY 6. ON HIS SIX(6) LANDING THE FOLLOWING EVENTS TOOK PLACE. ON FINAL THE GREEN LIGHTS, AND GEAR HANDLE WERE CONFIRMED DOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, THE MAINS FIRST THEN THE NOSE. THE STUDENT (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) RAISED THE FLAPS. THE GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDED. THE PILOT LOOKED DOWN AND NOTICED THE STUDENT HAD RAISED THE GEAR HANDLE, INSTEAD OF THE FLAP HANDLE. THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IMMEDIATELY PUT BACK TO THE DOWN POSITION.  THE NOSE GEAR BEGAN DRAGING THE GROUND, THE PILOT CUT THE POWER AND TURNED OF THE FUEL. THE TOWER WAS INFORMED OF THIS ACTION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN, AND A GROUND CREW REMOVED IT FROM THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N5209V (1)

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

- [Incident 19940730031179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940730031179I), Jul 30, 1994: Cessna 172RG (N5209V), Hickory, NC, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot had been making a local pleasure flight and forgot to lower gear when landing. Pilot was counseled on August 5, 1994; due to pilot's…

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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