# Incident 20150623010079I: Cessna 172RG, Newton, KS, June 23, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2015, 15:40 local time
- Place: Newton, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: OQDS
- Location: 38.0377° N, 97.3450° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newton, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0377&lon=-97.3450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N951HC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N951HC) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 40 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150623010079I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 23, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 1540 LOCAL TIME, A PRIVATE PILOT WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT WHILE PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT THE NEWTON CITY COUNTY AIRPORT (KEWK), NEWTON, KANSAS.

UPON LANDING AND ROLLING TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE AIRMAN INITIATED THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE FINAL TRAFFIC PATTERN; THE SPECIFIC PILOT SCHOOL AUTHORIZES STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC PATTERN OPERATIONS ONLY.  ACCORDING TO THE AIRMAN, THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED TO THE TAKEOFF POSITION, TRIM WAS RESET, THE CARBURETOR HEAT PLACED IN THE COLD POSITION PURSUANT TO THE PILOT SCHOOL?S AFTER LANDING PROCEDURE.  PER THE AIRMAN?S VERBAL STATEMENT, THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS INADVERTENTLY SELECTED TO THE UP POSITION.  AS THE AIRCRAFT INITIATED ITS TAKEOFF ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT?S LANDING GEAR RETRACTED CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT; THE AIRMAN, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON-BOARD, WAS UNINJURED.

VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N951HC (1)

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

- [Incident 20040713024699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040713024699I), Jul 13, 2004: Cessna 172RG (N951HC), Newton, KS, Minor damage. (-23) On approach for landing, the nose gear failed to extend. The pilot landed the aircraft on the main gear, stopped the engine, and rotated the prop…

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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