# Incident 20000906030739I: Cessna 177RG, Gainesville, FL, September 6, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2000, 15:40 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Gainesville Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6901° N, 82.2718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GAINESVILLE RGNL (GNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6901&lon=-82.2718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2149Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2149Q) (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: 4,000 total, 25 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000906030739I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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