# Incident 19980103001079I: Cessna 177RG, Knoxville, TN, January 3, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1998, 09:30 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Mc Ghee Tyson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8111° N, 83.9941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC GHEE TYSON (TYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8111&lon=-83.9941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1952Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1952Q-2013-08-08) (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: 1,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980103001079I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING VFR X-C FLIGHT, PILOT NOTICED HYD. FLUID ODOR, AND UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. UNABLE TO EXTEND LDG. GEAR. DIVERTED TO TYS FOR A GEAR UP LANDING. PREFABRICATED HOSE ASSEMBLY ATTACHED TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR FAILED, RESULTING IN A TOTAL LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID.

## Other reports on N1952Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19840726047129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840726047129I), Jul 26, 1984: Cessna 310H (N1952Q), Tyler, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear jammed partially extended. Collapsed on landing. Tube assemblies bent from nose first landing.

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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