# Incident 20230315007409I: Cessna 172RG, Angola, IN, March 15, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2023, 16:00 local time
- Place: Angola, IN
- Airport: Tri-State Steuben County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6397° N, 85.0835° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRI-STATE STEUBEN COUNTY (ANQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6397&lon=-85.0835&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9474B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9474B) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 632 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230315007409I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 15, 2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 EDT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A CESSNA MODEL CE-172-RG REGISTERED TO AND OWNED BY A PRIVATE PILOT WAS DEPARTING ON A LOCAL FLIGHT AFTER MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN PERFORED ON THE AIRCRAFT.  DURING THE TAKEOFF GROUND ROLL THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE NOTICED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT PITCH DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE THOUGHT THE NOSE GEAR WAS RETRACTING SO HE PULLED THE NOSE UP IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP THE PROPELLER FROM STRIKING THE GROUND.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE STARTED TO TAKE THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE AIR AND THEN THINKING THAT HE HAD A LANDING GEAR PROBLEM, DECIDED TO RETRACT THE GEAR AND ALLOW THE AIRPLANE TO COME TO A REST ON ITS BELLY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED IN HIS HANGAR FOR INSPECTION. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF THE FOLLOWING:

INTERNAL ENGINE COMPONENTS AND RELATED ACCESSORIES DUE TO PROP STRIKING THE GROUND SEVERAL TIMES.

PROPELLER TIP DAMAGE AND ABRASION TO THE AIRCRAFT BOTTOM SIDE SKIN, AND SEVERAL RIVETS AND SKIN PANELS WERE WORN THROUGH. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL, STRUCTURAL MEMBERS OF THE FUSELAGE OR STRUCTURAL MEMBERS LOCATED NEAR THE DAMAGED SKIN AREAS.

PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE WERE SENT TO THE NTSB WHO DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS ONLY MINOR WHICH WOULD ONLY MAKE THIS AN INCIDENT.  THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS CLEAR SKIES WITH A LIGHT WIND FROM THE SOUTHWEST.  THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N9474B (1)

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

- [Incident 19931119049179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931119049179I), Nov 19, 1993: Cessna 172RG (N9474B), Peoria, IL, Minor damage. Main landing gear collapsed on touch and go landing. Found wires to nose landing gear squat switch broken.

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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