# Incident 20000913023679I: Cessna 172RG, Seattle, WA, September 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2000, 19:00 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing Field-King County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5300° N, 122.3019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOEING FLD/KING COUNTY INTL (BFI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5300&lon=-122.3019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4618R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4618R-2018-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 100 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/20000913023679I

## Narrative

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

(-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 20090308001839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090308001839I), Mar 8, 2009: Cessna 172RG (N4618R), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. (-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…

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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