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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Seattle, WA · September 13, 2000

Date: September 13, 2000 · 19:00 local
Place: Seattle, WA
Airport: Boeing Field-King County International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4618R
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
Reported engine: Lycoming O360*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 700 total100 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N4618RRegistration cancelled Mar 1, 2018 · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG0005 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 172RG Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)Component failure resulted in failure of the nose landing gear (NLG) to extend. The shimmy damper was found to have separated from the trunnion. The shimmy dampener shaft attach bolt sheared causing the shimmy dampener to swivel and jam against the wheel well structure. This prevented extentsion of the NLG despite extensive airborne trouble-shooting and numberous attempts to extend the NLG. Pilots executed a safe emergency landing, minimizing damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)COMPONENT FAILURE RESULTED IN FAILURE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) TO EXTEND. THE SHIMMY DAMPER WAS FOUND TO HAVE SEPARATED FROM THE TRUNNION. THE SHIMMY DAMPENER SHAFT ATTACH BOLT SHEARED CAUSING THE SHIMMY DAMPENER TO SWIVEL AND JAM AGAINST THE WHEEL WELL STRUCTURE. THIS PREVENTED EXTENTSION OF THE NLG DESPITE EXTENSIVE AIRBORNE TROUBLE-SHOOTING AND NUMBEROUS ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE NLG. PILOTS EXECUTED A SAFE EMERGENCY LANDING, MINIMIZING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N4618R · 1

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

Incident 20090308001839ILanding · Fort Worth, TX(-23) [privacy data omitted] failed to comply with final check to ensure landing gear was extended and locked and landing gear circuit breaker was open preventing extension. See attached FAA form 1360-33, record of telecom with [privacy data omitted] and…Mar 8, 2009 · Minor damage