# Incident 19851009064939I: Cessna 177RG, Goshen, IN, October 9, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1985, 16:50 local time
- Place: Goshen, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5739° N, 85.8303° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Goshen, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5739&lon=-85.8303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34081, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34081) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,101 total, 923 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851009064939I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN WITH GEAR DOWN DUE TO UNDETERMINED GEAR PROBLEM.

## Other reports on N34081 (3)

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

- [Incident 20110511007929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110511007929I), May 11, 2011: Cessna 177RG (N34081), Everett, WA, Minor damage. Flight instructor PIC conducting a rental checkout with private pilot experienced failure of both main landing gear to lock in the extended position. After…
- [Incident 19981223041949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981223041949I), Dec 23, 1998: Cessna 177RG (N34081), Everett, WA, Minor damage. (-5)On second night landing at Paine field pilot forgot to lower the landing gear and landed gear up.
- [Incident 19880723043449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880723043449I), Jul 23, 1988: Cessna 177RG (N34081), Everett, WA, Minor damage. Safe gear indication but tower advised nose gear up. Unable to extend. Landed with minor damage.

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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