20240928018299I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Mcallen, TX · September 28, 2024

Date
September 28, 2024 · 10:31 local
Place
Mcallen, TX
Airport
Mc Allen Miller International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9367D
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-360-A1D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
383 total16 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

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.

At 55KTS pilot applied yoke backpressure. He felt a little hop and no nose gear contact with the surface. Nose of airplane fell to the ground, with aircraft still moving forward, pilot maintained directional control. Left main gear collapsed as speed slowed. Prop stopped. Airplane came to rest with right main locked in the down position.

As the FAA filed it

AT 55KTS PILOT APPLIED YOKE BACKPRESSURE. HE FELT A LITTLE HOP AND NO NOSE GEAR CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE. NOSE OF AIRPLANE FELL TO THE GROUND, WITH AIRCRAFT STILL MOVING FORWARD, PILOT MAINTAINED DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AS SPEED SLOWED. PROP STOPPED. AIRPLANE CAME TO REST WITH RIGHT MAIN LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION.