20010624014869I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Miami, FL · June 24, 2001

Date
June 24, 2001 · 16:53 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
Opa Locka Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N778KA
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
260 total175 in this make and model14 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) Pilot selected gear down and did not get a safe gear indication. Emergency extension was initiated and was unsuccessful. Pilot landed aircraft with nose gear retracted. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the nose section.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND DID NOT GET A SAFE GEAR INDICATION. EMERGENCY EXTENSION WAS INITIATED AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT WITH NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE SECTION.