# Incident 20010826020989I: Cessna 177RG, Fort Wayne, IN, August 26, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2001, 17:40 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8253G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8253G) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 765 total, 225 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010826020989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT COULD NOT EXTEND NOSE GEAR OF AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING. AFTER COMPLETING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR, PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AIRCRAFT WITH ONLY MAIN GEARS EXTENDED. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES. ONLY THE PILOT WAS ON BOARD AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N8253G (1)

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

- [Incident 19990222016999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990222016999I), Feb 22, 1999: Cessna 177RG (N8253G), Fort Wayne, IN, Minor damage. (-5)Nose gear collapsed after landing during roll out.

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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