# Incident 20220520007449I: Cessna 177RG, Keene, NH, May 20, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2022, 13:40 local time
- Place: Keene, NH
- Airport: Dillant/Hopkins Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8984° N, 72.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DILLANT/HOPKINS (EEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8984&lon=-72.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N516AP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N516AP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 16,100 total, 2,800 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220520007449I

## Narrative

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

ON 5/20/2022  N516AP A CESSNA 177 WAS ON A

FLIGHT FOR INSTRUMENT AND COMPLEX AIRCRAFT TRAINING, UPON LANDING ROLL OUT ON RUNWAY 20 AT EEN THE STUDENT WHO POSSESSED A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN THE AIRCRAFT UP  LIFTED THE GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF THE FLAP HANDLE CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO RETRACT.  THE INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY PUT THE HANDLE BACK DOWN BEFORE THE MAIN GEAR RETRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE COWLING AND PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N516AP (1)

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

- [Incident 20130406005289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130406005289I), Apr 6, 2013: Cessna 177RG (N516AP), North Myrtle Be, SC, Minor damage. The pilot stated that he was on approach to runway 05 at cre and he had checked the landind gear three times and had a down indication. Upon the main gear…

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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