# Incident 20130330005279I: Cessna 172RG, Greenvill, SC, March 30, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2013, 13:45 local time
- Place: Greenvill, SC
- Airport: Greenville Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: ED9T
- Location: 34.8479° N, 82.3500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN (GMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8479&lon=-82.3500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9374B (not matched to a registry record)
- 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: 381 total, 67 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/20130330005279I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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