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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Lafayette, LA · October 19, 1997

Date: October 19, 1997 · 18:20 local
Place: Lafayette, LA
Airport: Lafayette Regional
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8011G
Reported as: Cessna 177RG
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,378 total32 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

N8011GRegistered now · Cessna 177RGS/N 177RG0011 · Built 1970 Airframe modelCessna 177RG Engine modelLycoming IO-360-A1B6DReciprocating

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.

Narrative: the pilot was unable to lower landing on approach to Lafayette airport. No indication lights and c.b. popped. The pilot manually extended gear and made a pass by the tower to confirm extension. The tower replied that they appeared to be down. Upon landing, main gear contact was normal. The pilot kept nose off as long as possible. When aircraft came down on the nose, the gear collapsed, allowing the propeller to contact the ground. Investigation revealed loss of nose strut pressure and bent up lock bracket. Scissors link assembly was ground down due to ground contact.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO LOWER LANDING ON APPROACH TO LAFAYETTE AIRPORT. NO INDICATION LIGHTS AND C.B. POPPED. THE PILOT MANUALLY EXTENDED GEAR AND MADE A PASS BY THE TOWER TO CONFIRM EXTENSION. THE TOWER REPLIED THAT THEY APPEARED TO BE DOWN. UPON LANDING, MAIN GEAR CONTACT WAS NORMAL. THE PILOT KEPT NOSE OFF AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. WHEN AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN ON THE NOSE, THE GEAR COLLAPSED, ALLOWING THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE GROUND. INVESTIGATION REVEALED LOSS OF NOSE STRUT PRESSURE AND BENT UP LOCK BRACKET. SCISSORS LINK ASSEMBLY WAS GROUND DOWN DUE TO GROUND CONTACT.

Other reports on N8011G · 3

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

Incident 20040822031519ILevel Off Touchdown · New Iberia, LA(-23) Pilot cleared to land on runway 16 from a right base. Pilot failed to lower landing gear. Pilot stated he did not hear a gear up warning.Aug 22, 2004 · Minor damage Incident 20000313018549ILevel Off Touchdown · Aransas Pass, TX(-23)Aircraft was on ferry flight from abbeville, la (OR3) to lafayette, la (lft) when the nose gear failed to extend. Attempts to extend the gear in flight failed. Landing was made on the grass parallel to runway 15 at OR3, with minor damage to the aircraft.…Mar 13, 2000 · Minor damage Incident 19790729022679INormal Cruise · Joliet, ILForced landing due to oil leak. Found cracked line to prop governor.Jul 29, 1979 · Minor damage