# Incident 19881025057479I: Cessna 172RG, Ft Lauderdale, FL, October 25, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1988, 15:35 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N176LG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N176LG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 15 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881025057479I

## Narrative

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

STRUCK LARGE BIRD INFLIGHT CAUSING NOSE WHEEL DOOR DAMAGE AND VIBRATION. EMERGENCY LANDING. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N176LG (2)

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

- [Incident 19930616026189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930616026189I), Jun 16, 1993: Cessna 172RG (N176LG), Pittsburgh, PA, Minor damage. Unable to lower nose gear. Landed nose gear up. Locator pin of clamp assembly had failed.
- [Incident 19900921055709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900921055709I), Sep 21, 1990: Cessna 172RG (N176LG), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed while taxiing to the ramp.

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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