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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Gainesville, FL · September 6, 2000

Date
September 6, 2000 · 15:40 local
Place
Gainesville, FL
Airport
Gainesville Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2149Q
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total25 in this make and model200 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.

(-23)During a training flight, the student was demonstrating emergency landing gear extension procedures. While using the hand pump to extend the landing gear a loud pop was heard. The subsequent landing gear retraction cycle appeared normal. Two touch and go landings were performed without any abnormal landing gear indications. Upon return home base for landing, the landing gear would not extend. The emergency extension procedures were completed, however the landing gear remained in the up and locked position. A successful gear up landing was performed by the instructor. The aircraft sustained only minor damage. Upon inspection, the hydraulic hose for the down side of the nose gear actautor had separated from its sleeve and nut assembly. The failed hose appeared to be the original hose installed at the factory in 1974.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT, THE STUDENT WAS DEMONSTRATING EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES. WHILE USING THE HAND PUMP TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR A LOUD POP WAS HEARD. THE SUBSEQUENT LANDING GEAR RETRACTION CYCLE APPEARED NORMAL. TWO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WERE PERFORMED WITHOUT ANY ABNORMAL LANDING GEAR INDICATIONS. UPON RETURN HOME BASE FOR LANDING, THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES WERE COMPLETED, HOWEVER THE LANDING GEAR REMAINED IN THE UP AND LOCKED POSITION. A SUCCESSFUL GEAR UP LANDING WAS PERFORMED BY THE INSTRUCTOR. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. UPON INSPECTION, THE HYDRAULIC HOSE FOR THE DOWN SIDE OF THE NOSE GEAR ACTAUTOR HAD SEPARATED FROM ITS SLEEVE AND NUT ASSEMBLY. THE FAILED HOSE APPEARED TO BE THE ORIGINAL HOSE INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY IN 1974.