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A pilot and instructor experienced a nose landing gear retraction during a touch and go when the pilot receiving recurrent training moved the landing gear handle rather than the flap handle.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1172924 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201405 |
| 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 | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Gear Lever/Selector |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 570 Flight Crew Type 570 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft |
Narrative:
[We] were practicing touch and go landings in a cessna 172RG as part of a biennial flight review (BFR). While on rollout after the fourth landing; the landing gear lever was accidentally moved by [the pilot receiving instruction]. This led to the nose gear retracting before any corrective action could be taken. The retraction of the nose gear led to the nose falling to the ground and the propeller striking the ground multiple times. The aircraft came to a stop on the runway with the nose resting on the ground. [The pilot receiving instruction] was taking a BFR after several years out of flying. I believe this lack of recent experience led [him] into becoming slightly flustered during the touch and go. The gear lever was raised instead of the flap lever; as raising the flaps before taking off on a touch and go is standard procedure. The problem could have been avoided by starting off in a non-complex airplane to ease the transition back into flying.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A pilot and instructor experienced a nose landing gear retraction during a touch and go when the pilot receiving recurrent training moved the landing gear handle rather than the flap handle.
Narrative: [We] were practicing touch and go landings in a Cessna 172RG as part of a Biennial Flight Review (BFR). While on rollout after the fourth landing; the landing gear lever was accidentally moved by [the pilot receiving instruction]. This led to the nose gear retracting before any corrective action could be taken. The retraction of the nose gear led to the nose falling to the ground and the propeller striking the ground multiple times. The aircraft came to a stop on the runway with the nose resting on the ground. [The pilot receiving instruction] was taking a BFR after several years out of flying. I believe this lack of recent experience led [him] into becoming slightly flustered during the touch and go. The gear lever was raised instead of the flap lever; as raising the flaps before taking off on a touch and go is standard procedure. The problem could have been avoided by starting off in a non-complex airplane to ease the transition back into flying.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.