# Incident 19960715024259I: Cessna 177RG, Boulder City, NV, July 15, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1996, 14:25 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Airport: Boulder City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9473° N, 114.8611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER CITY MUNI (BVU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9473&lon=-114.8611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8076G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8076G) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,035 total, 847 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960715024259I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: INCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1425 HOURS (PDT). AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ELKO, NEVADA JULY 15, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 HOURS (PDT) ENROUTE TO BOULDER CITY, NEVADA (BLD). UPON ARRIVAL AT BLD PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER GEAR. GEAR RELEASED BUT DID NOT FULLY EXTEND. PILOT DETERMINED THAT THE FAILURE OF THE LANDING GEAR TO FULLY EXTEND WAS DUE TO A LACK OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. OPERATION OF THE EMERGENCY PUMP PRODUCED ZERO (O) PRESSURE. PILOT TRIED VARIOUS MANEUVERS TO EXTEND GEAR WITH NO SUCCESS. PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH LANDING GEAR NOT FULLY EXTENDED. UPON CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED LEFT OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE DIRT, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ELEVATOR, TAIL TIE DOWN AREA AND FRONT GEAR DOOR. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE GEAR FAILURE WAS DUE TO SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FLUID DEPLETION CAUSED BY A BROKEN HYDRAULIC LINE ON THE SYSTEM HYDRAULIC POWER UNIT. THE BREAK IN THE HYDRAULIC LINE WAS CAUSED BY CHAFING AGAINST A BULKHEAD. M OR D REPORT SUBMITTED. NO NMAC REPORT OR PILOT DEVIATION REPORT FILED. THIS REPORT AND INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED.

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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