# Incident 20180322009949I: Cessna 172RG, Brooksville, FL, March 22, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2018, 10:15 local time
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5166° N, 82.4047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brooksville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5166&lon=-82.4047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700AG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N700AG) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 955 total, 1 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180322009949I

## Narrative

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

THE INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE LEFT SEAT WITH A COMMERCIAL, MULTIENGINE, INSTRUMENT RATED CFI MONITORING FROM THE RIGHT SEAT.  THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS FLIGHT INSTRUCTION IN PREPARATION FOR A COMMERCIAL RATING.  THE PRIVATE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 3 AND DURING ROLLOUT, WAS PREPARING THE AIRCRAFT TO TAKE OFF AGAIN FOR A ?TOUCH-AND-GO?.  THE MAIN GEAR REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED, BUT THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A LOW SPEED, LOW ENGINE RPM PROP STRIKE WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS, LOWER COWLING AND EXHAUST.  MAINTENANCE WAS CALLED TO REMOVE THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY.  THE RESPONDING MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS FOUND THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE ?UP? POSITION.  THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED AND THE GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THE NOSE GEAR EXTENDED TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION AND THREE GREEN LIGHTS WERE NOTED.

## Other reports on N700AG (1)

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

- [Incident 20190516018069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190516018069I), May 16, 2019: Cessna 172RG (N700AG), Ann Arbor, MI, Minor damage. Pilot was flying from pln-arb. Wind was 180@5G10. Pilot was coming in for landing, drifted and struck a taxi way light. Pilot knew right away he did not have…

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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