20211215022849I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grumman American Avn. GA-7 · Murrieta, CA · December 15, 2021

Date
December 15, 2021 · 13:53 local
Place
Murrieta, CA
Airport
French Valley
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N775GA
Reported as
Grumman American Avn. GA-7
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
1,375 total

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.

A non-certificated student, unfamiliar with this aircraft, inadvertently raised the gear handle to the "gear up" position without instruction.

As the FAA filed it

A NON-CERTIFICATED STUDENT, UNFAMILIAR WITH THIS AIRCRAFT, INADVERTENTLY RAISED THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE "GEAR UP" POSITION WITHOUT INSTRUCTION.