# Incident 20020521020339I: Cessna 177RG, Lakeland, FL, May 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2002, 19:20 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7517V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7517V) (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: 15,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020521020339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 21, 2002, AT 1832 EST, N7517V, A CESSNA 177RG LANDED AT THE LAKELAND LINDER REGIONAL AIRPORT WITH A NOSE GEAR THAT WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE PILOT TOLD LAKELAND TOWER THAT WHEN HE EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR FOR LANDING HE DID NOT GET A DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. THE PILOT FLEW BY THE LAKELAND TOWER AND THE TOWER PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THAT HIS NOSE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THE PILOT AFTER NUMEROUS TRIES TO LOWER THE NOSE GEAR ELECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 5 LAKELAND. ON LANDING THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND HELD THE NOSE OFF UNTIL AIRSPEED BLEED OFF, AT SUCH TIME THE WINDMILLING PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE GEAR DOORS LOWER COWLING AND ENGINE EXHAUST STACK. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR DOORS, LOWER COWLING, AND ENGINE EXHAUST. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.

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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