# Incident 20110903021139I: Cessna 172RG, Belleville, MI, September 3, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2011, 15:23 local time
- Place: Belleville, MI
- Airport: Willow Run Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: G1QS
- Location: 42.2403° N, 83.5315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2403&lon=-83.5315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9688B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9688B-2024-05-24) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 217 total, 12 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110903021139I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE TEN TOUCH AND GOES. WHILE PERFORMING THE 11TH TURN AROUND THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN; DURING THE TAKE OFF PHASE OF THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT REACHED DOWN TO TURN CARBURATOR HEAT OFF AND GRABBED GEAR LEVER INSTEAD.  NOSE GEAR UNLOCKED AND COLLAPSED.  AFTER PILOT REALIZED HIS MISTAKE, PILOT MOVED THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE EXTEND POSITION BEFORE THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N9688B (4)

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

- [Incident 20221227020659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221227020659I), Dec 27, 2022: Cessna 172RG (N9688B), Deer Valley, AZ, Minor damage. On December 27, 2022, at 6:30PM, at the Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (dvt), aircraft[privacy data omitted] made an emergency landing with the landing gear…
- [Incident 20081118854019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081118854019I), Nov 18, 2008: Cessna 172RG (N9688B), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. (-23) While "cleaning the aircraft up" for the takeoff phase of touch and go the PIC moved the landing gear handle to the up position resulting in retraction…
- [Incident 20030501007939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030501007939I), May 1, 2003: Cessna 172RG (N9688B), Bowling Green, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was flying from right seat in preparation for his CFI checkride. Left seat was occupied by pilot rated passenger. Pilot was executing a power off…
- [Accident 19890410007659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890410007659A), Apr 10, 1989: Cessna 172RG (N9688B), Dayton, OH, Substantial damage. Left main gear collapsed on landing. Chafed micro switch wire shorted and stopped gear motor with gear not locked.

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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