# Incident 20120114000339I: Cessna 172RG, Seattle, WA, January 14, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2012, 14:02 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: King County International Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GJAA
- Location: 47.6062° N, 122.3321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seattle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6062&lon=-122.3321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6141R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6141R-2018-01-05) (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, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 200 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120114000339I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 14, 2012, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, COMMERCIAL STUDENT WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFF AND LANDING  WITH PILOT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT BOEING FIELD ONBOARD A CESSNA-172RG, N6141R. TRAINING BEGAN AT 1330 LOCAL, AFTER COMPLETING THREE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS, THEY BEGAN THEIR FOURTH CIRCUIT, AS THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO ROTATE, THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED AND A GUST OF WIND FORCED THE AIRPLANE DOWN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NLG BAY DOORS, LOWER COWL, ENGINE, AND PROPELLER.  APPARENTLY THE GEAR LEVER WAS RAISED AND NONE OF THE TWO OCCUPANTS READILY ADMITTED TO PLACING THE GEAR LEVER IN THE UP POSITION. BOTH OCCUPANTS VERIFIED THAT THE GEAR LEVER WAS IN THE UP POSITION WHEN AIRCRAFT RESTED. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP AND CAME TO REST IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY SOUTH OF THE A7 INTERSECTION.

## Other reports on N6141R (3)

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

- [Incident 19951026039779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951026039779I), Oct 26, 1995: Cessna 172RG (N6141R), Renton, WA, Minor damage. Narrative: during an instructional flight in a high performance aircraft while doing touch and go landings the student (a rated private pilot) selected gear up…
- [Incident 19940823035969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940823035969I), Aug 23, 1994: Cessna 172RG (N6141R), Bremerton, WA, Minor damage. Check out in type from CFI raised gear in place of flaps on touch and go.
- [Incident 19901104055129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901104055129I), Nov 4, 1990: Cessna 172RG (N6141R), Port Orchard, WA, Minor damage. Student failed to extend gear while practicing solo emergency landings.

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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