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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Columbia, SC · January 14, 2000

Date
January 14, 2000 · 16:00 local
Place
Columbia, SC
Airport
Columbia Metropolitan
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8051G
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
750 total300 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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.

Nose landing gear collapsed after landing, both main landing gears stayed down locked. Post incident examination disclosed right main landing gear downlock was broken. No malfunction or defect ont he nose landing gear downlock system was noted. Awaiting insurance decision on maintenance and will witness gear swing to determine reason for nose langing gear not exstending. An amendment to this report will be submitted. (-23) inspection of the nose landing gear system disclosed the nose gear downlock system was not in proper rig. Re-rigged the nose landing downlock system and performed five successful gear extension/retraction cycles no further malfundtion or defect was noted.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING, BOTH MAIN LANDING GEARS STAYED DOWN LOCKED. POST INCIDENT EXAMINATION DISCLOSED RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK WAS BROKEN. NO MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT ONT HE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK SYSTEM WAS NOTED. AWAITING INSURANCE DECISION ON MAINTENANCE AND WILL WITNESS GEAR SWING TO DETERMINE REASON FOR NOSE LANGING GEAR NOT EXSTENDING. AN AMENDMENT TO THIS REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. (-23) INSPECTION OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM DISCLOSED THE NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK SYSTEM WAS NOT IN PROPER RIG. RE-RIGGED THE NOSE LANDING DOWNLOCK SYSTEM AND PERFORMED FIVE SUCCESSFUL GEAR EXTENSION/RETRACTION CYCLES NO FURTHER MALFUNDTION OR DEFECT WAS NOTED.