# Incident 19971019043089I: Cessna 177RG, Lafayette, LA, October 19, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1997, 18:20 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Lafayette Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2053° N, 91.9876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2053&lon=-91.9876&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8011G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8011G) (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: 1,378 total, 32 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971019043089I

## Narrative

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

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 20040822031519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040822031519I), Aug 22, 2004: Cessna 177RG (N8011G), New Iberia, LA, Minor damage. (-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.
- [Incident 20000313018549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000313018549I), Mar 13, 2000: Cessna 177RG (N8011G), Aransas Pass, TX, Minor damage. (-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…
- [Incident 19790729022679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790729022679I), Jul 29, 1979: Cessna 177RG (N8011G), Joliet, IL, Minor damage. Forced landing due to oil leak. Found cracked line to prop governor.

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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