# Incident 20221229019389I: Cessna 172RG, Spartanburg, SC, December 29, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2022, 13:20 local time
- Place: Spartanburg, SC
- Airport: Spartanburg Downtown Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9157° N, 81.9565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport (SPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9157&lon=-81.9565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N216JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N216JA) (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: 1,745 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221229019389I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATES THAT HE AND 1 PASSENGER WERE TAKING OFF OF RUNWAY 23 SPA. PASSENGER WAS WITH THE PILOT AS SAFETY PILOT TO DO SOME APPROACHES. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED AT APPROXIMATELY 55- 60 KNOTS THE FRONT GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET TO A STOP. THE PILOT FURTHER STATED, GENERALLY, WHEN I TAKE OFF IN THIS AIRPLANE, I JUST PULL BACK PRESSURE ON THE YOKE AND LET THE PLANE TAKE OFF. I DON’T USE MUCH BACK PRESSURE TILL I GET TO 55 KNOTS AND THEN INCREASE IT SLIGHTLY.  THERE WAS A SLIGHT SHIMMY IN THE NOSE GEAR WHEN I HIT A BUMP WHILE TAXING OUT AND I PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE AND IT STOPPED. I HAVE HAD THAT PROBLEM WORKED ON AND HADN’T HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH IT TILL TODAY.  NO ONE WAS HURT AND WE CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY WITH THE HELP OF OUR MECHANICS. THE AIRPORT STAFF ALERTED OTHER PILOTS VIA THE AWOS AS WELL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TOO HANGER D AT THE AIRPORT.  PILOT GAVE INSTRUCTIONS THAT NO WORK WOULD BE DONE UNTIL THE FAA AND INSURANCE COMPANY LOOKED AT IT.

## Other reports on N216JA (2)

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

- [Incident 19890506027049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890506027049I), May 6, 1989: Cessna 172RG (N216JA), Sarasota - Brad, FL, Minor damage. Forgot to lower gear and landed with gear up. Was using power and horn did not sound. Pilot to be re examined.
- [Incident 19860420032969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860420032969I), Apr 20, 1986: Cessna 172RG (N216JA), Sarasota, FL, Minor damage. Inadvertent retraction of gear during touch and go. Nose gear collapsed.

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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