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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Greenvill, SC · March 30, 2013

Date: March 30, 2013 · 13:45 local
Place: Greenvill, SC
Airport: Greenville Downtown
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator: ED9T
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9374B
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
Reported engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 381 total67 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

03/302013 At about 1345 a part 141 instruction flight with a commercial rated flight instructor giving instruction to a private rated pilot at Greenville Downtown Airport (gmu) in a Cessna 172-RG N9374B the instructor stated while preforming a touch and go, on the go he mistakenly grabbed the gear handle and lifted it up to gear up position and realized what he did and lowered the handle to the gear down position but the nose gear retracted and the propeller contacted the runway and aircraft came to rest on the runway with the nose gear retracted . No injuries were reported.

As the FAA filed it

03/302013 AT ABOUT 1345 A PART 141 INSTRUCTION FLIGHT WITH A COMMERCIAL RATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR GIVING INSTRUCTION TO A PRIVATE RATED PILOT AT GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (GMU) IN A CESSNA 172-RG N9374B THE INSTRUCTOR STATED WHILE PREFORMING A TOUCH AND GO, ON THE GO HE MISTAKENLY GRABBED THE GEAR HANDLE AND LIFTED IT UP TO GEAR UP POSITION AND REALIZED WHAT HE DID AND LOWERED THE HANDLE TO THE GEAR DOWN POSITION BUT THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED . NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.