<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1103653, July 2013

While practicing landings in a C-182RG the student pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear instead of closing the carburetor heat. The instructor was unable to restrain the action in time to prevent a collapse.

Attributes
ACN	1103653
Time
Date	201307
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 137 Flight Crew Total 735 Flight Crew Type 135
Person 2
Function	Trainee Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 72.7 Flight Crew Total 72.7 Flight Crew Type 2.9
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

This was the third landing of the morning. My student and I did a 20 degree flap landing at 70 knots. The landing was nice and smooth. My student verbalized that the aircraft was stable on center line after landing. He then verbalized flaps up and cleaned up the flaps. He then verbalized carb heat in; it was at this point that my student retracted the landing gear. The nose gear instantly folded up and the nose collapsed. We then responded to tower's request if anyone was hurt; we weren't. I then shut down the aircraft and we exited.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: While practicing landings in a C-182RG the student pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear instead of closing the carburetor heat. The instructor was unable to restrain the action in time to prevent a collapse.

Narrative: This was the third landing of the morning. My student and I did a 20 degree flap landing at 70 knots. The landing was nice and smooth. My student verbalized that the aircraft was stable on center line after landing. He then verbalized flaps up and cleaned up the flaps. He then verbalized carb heat in; it was at this point that my student retracted the landing gear. The nose gear instantly folded up and the nose collapsed. We then responded to Tower's request if anyone was hurt; we weren't. I then shut down the aircraft and we exited.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.