# Incident 20000114003299I: Cessna 177RG, Columbia, SC, January 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2000, 16:00 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9382° N, 81.1230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9382&lon=-81.1230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8051G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8051G) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 300 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000114003299I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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