20150822015019I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Anchorage, AK · August 22, 2015

Date
August 22, 2015 · 21:00 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill Field
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
BQ8S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6407V
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-F1A6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,700 total100 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pattern and touch/go work for complex training. In t/o phase after several touch and go, instructor accidently raised gear handle instead of flap handle. Gear handle was immediately lowered but nose gear retracted, nose dropped, and propeller struck the runway. A/c slid on runway to stop on centerline. Fuel off, ATCT advised, power off. FAA and tower called for instructions. No postcrash fire and no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PATTERN AND TOUCH/GO WORK FOR COMPLEX TRAINING. IN T/O PHASE AFTER SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO, INSTRUCTOR ACCIDENTLY RAISED GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF FLAP HANDLE. GEAR HANDLE WAS IMMEDIATELY LOWERED BUT NOSE GEAR RETRACTED, NOSE DROPPED, AND PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. A/C SLID ON RUNWAY TO STOP ON CENTERLINE. FUEL OFF, ATCT ADVISED, POWER OFF. FAA AND TOWER CALLED FOR INSTRUCTIONS. NO POSTCRASH FIRE AND NO INJURIES.