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C172RG flight instructor reported the student pilot inadvertently grabbed the gear handle instead of the carb heat and caused the nose gear to collapse on landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1468195 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201707 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| 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 |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 153 Flight Crew Total 1718 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft |
Narrative:
C172RG nose wheel collapsed during the end of a landing roll out. The student inadvertently reached for the carb-heat. Instead he grabbed the gear handle. I (CFI) saw the student reaching and tried to intercept/block the action. I was too slow and could not stop my student's hand. The gear handle moved only half-travel before my hand returned the gear lever to 'down.' the nose wheel gave way despite the squat switch. I am reporting this here because as a CFI I did my best to prevent the mistake but wasn't fast enough. My student was able to move from the throttle to the gear handle faster than I could block it.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172RG flight instructor reported the student pilot inadvertently grabbed the gear handle instead of the carb heat and caused the nose gear to collapse on landing.
Narrative: C172RG nose wheel collapsed during the end of a landing roll out. The student inadvertently reached for the Carb-heat. Instead he grabbed the gear handle. I (CFI) saw the student reaching and tried to intercept/block the action. I was too slow and could not stop my student's hand. The gear handle moved only half-travel before my hand returned the gear lever to 'down.' The nose wheel gave way despite the squat switch. I am reporting this here because as a CFI I did my best to prevent the mistake but wasn't fast enough. My student was able to move from the throttle to the gear handle faster than I could block it.
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.