19831029068789I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Seattle, WA · October 29, 1983

Date
October 29, 1983 · 17:30 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Boeing
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9557B
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O360F1A6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total100 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Nose gear failed to extend. Tried emergency system. Landed gear up. Found rubber bumper in nose well missing.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. TRIED EMERGENCY SYSTEM. LANDED GEAR UP. FOUND RUBBER BUMPER IN NOSE WELL MISSING.

Other reports on N9557B · 1

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