# Incident 20150822015019I: Cessna 172RG, Anchorage, AK, August 22, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2015, 21:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: BQ8S
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6407V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6407V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-F1A6 (registry code 42291, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-f1a6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-F1A6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 100 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150822015019I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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