# Incident 19781226020509I: Cessna 177RG, Pinehurst, NC, December 26, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1978, 15:10 local time
- Place: Pinehurst, NC
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1911° N, 79.4698° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pinehurst, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1911&lon=-79.4698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2134Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2134Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781226020509I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING. THE DOWN LOCK (REED) SWITCH WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY.

## Other reports on N2134Q (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20200227005159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200227005159I), Feb 27, 2020: Cessna 177RG (N2134Q), Monroe, LA, Minor damage. ATC reported the aircraft landed on runway 22, gear up. Pilot provided a statement indicating that he was performing "touch and go's". Came in on Final, put…
- [Incident 20160830012179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160830012179I), Aug 30, 2016: Cessna 177RG (N2134Q), Monroe, LA, Minor damage. Pilot was returning to mlu and lowered the landing gear. He stated he had positive landing gear extension indications. He landed at mlu on runway 4. After…
- [Incident 20011206034989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011206034989I), Dec 6, 2001: Cessna 177RG (N2134Q), Alma, MI, Minor damage. (-23) When touching the nose gear for landing, the nose gear was not extended and continued to settle with the nose retracted. Gear indications in the aircraft…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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