- Date
- February 9, 1984, 16:30 local (Feb 10, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Seattle, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9557BCessna 172 Rgii
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840209014369A
- Case key
- 39872
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During a takeoff after a touch and go landing the nose gear retracted at about the time of rotation. Power was reduced to idle and the acft slid to a stop. This acft is equipped with squat switches which prevent gear retraction when the weight of the acft compresses the struts. Testing do not reveal any malfunction of the retraction system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9557B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 Rgii
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0879
- Airframe hours
- 640
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Boeing Employees Flying Ass.
- Registered owner
- Claude Watson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 13, 1983 · 106 hours before
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Airport
- BFI · Boeing Field, runway 13L, 10,000 × 200 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 629 total · 58 in this make and model · 411 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 14 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.