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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Fort Pierce, FL · February 11, 2005

Date: February 11, 2005 · 20:30 local
Place: Fort Pierce, FL
Airport: St Lucie County International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2549V
Reported as: Cessna 177RG
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 500 total200 in this make and model25 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) The pilot privacy data omitted reported to the kfpr tower that he had a gear problem and that the nose gear light was not illuminating green. He had tried to extend the gear 3 times and decided to attempt a manual gear extension. Upon accomplishing this, he noticed the green nose light was still not illuminated and elected to attempt a landing. Upon touchdown, the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft skidded to a full stop with minimal damage. A mechanic from a nearby FBO was called in to brace the nose gear and it was subsequently towed off the runway and over to the repair facilities without further problems. There was one passenger aboard; neither person was injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ REPORTED TO THE KFPR TOWER THAT HE HAD A GEAR PROBLEM AND THAT THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATING GREEN. HE HAD TRIED TO EXTEND THE GEAR 3 TIMES AND DECIDED TO ATTEMPT A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION. UPON ACCOMPLISHING THIS, HE NOTICED THE GREEN NOSE LIGHT WAS STILL NOT ILLUMINATED AND ELECTED TO ATTEMPT A LANDING. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A FULL STOP WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE. A MECHANIC FROM A NEARBY FBO WAS CALLED IN TO BRACE THE NOSE GEAR AND IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY AND OVER TO THE REPAIR FACILITIES WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. THERE WAS ONE PASSENGER ABOARD; NEITHER PERSON WAS INJURED.