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An instructor pilot and his commercial student were accelerating their C172RG for takeoff from a touch and go when the nose gear collapsed; the nose dropped and the aircraft skidded to a smooth stop still on the runway surface.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 989017 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201201 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Tower |
| 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 | Takeoff |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Trainee Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 66 Flight Crew Total 429 Flight Crew Type 429 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 5200 Flight Crew Type 400 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft |
Narrative:
I was practicing touch and goes with my instructor in a cessna 172RG. My first three touch and goes were uneventful; and I proceeded to do another one. On the take off roll I pulled on the yoke to lift the plane. At that point the nose gear collapsed; and the airplane rolled off on the nose and the main wheels for a few feet before we stopped on the south end of the runway. There was damage to the propeller and the gear bay doors; but nothing else apparent. We got out of the plane normally; no one was injured. My instructor and I were surprised and observed the gear lever was up. The only explanation is that one of us must have accidentally hit the gear lever to the up position during the take off roll. Perhaps the gear lever can be located in a place where it is harder to bump?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Instructor Pilot and his Commercial student were accelerating their C172RG for takeoff from a touch and go when the nose gear collapsed; the nose dropped and the aircraft skidded to a smooth stop still on the runway surface.
Narrative: I was practicing touch and goes with my instructor in a Cessna 172RG. My first three touch and goes were uneventful; and I proceeded to do another one. On the take off roll I pulled on the yoke to lift the plane. At that point the nose gear collapsed; and the airplane rolled off on the nose and the main wheels for a few feet before we stopped on the south end of the runway. There was damage to the propeller and the gear bay doors; but nothing else apparent. We got out of the plane normally; no one was injured. My instructor and I were surprised and observed the gear lever was up. The only explanation is that one of us must have accidentally hit the gear lever to the up position during the take off roll. Perhaps the gear lever can be located in a place where it is harder to bump?
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.