# Incident 20050527008889I: Cessna 172RG, Tulsa, OK, May 27, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2005, 16:30 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Tulsa International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1984° N, 95.8881° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TULSA INTL (TUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1984&lon=-95.8881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9740B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 40,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050527008889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT TOOK OFF FROM MADISONVILLE, KY AND FLEW TO TULSA, OK. ON APPROACH, GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN WITH THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAINS COMING DOWN AND LOCKED. THE GREEN LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. INDICATOR WAS GOOD SO HE CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR WITH THE SAME RESULTS. PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND AND REQUESTED A FLY BY TO VERIFY NOSE GEAR POSITION. GEAR WAS NOT VISIBLE. THE COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WAS CONTACTED AND NUMEROUS MANEUVERS WERE TRIED TO GET THE NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND, NONE WERE SUCCESSFUL. ON FINAL APPROACH, PILOT UNLATCHED BOTH DOORS AND SELECTED FULL FLAPS. AFTER TURNING OFF THE FUEL AND PULLING THE MIXTURE TO FULL LEAN, HE HELD THE NOSE OFF THE GROUND AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, WHILE THE PROPELLER STOPPED TURNING, IN THE HORIZONTAL POSITION. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY WITH MINOR DAMAGE. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED EVIDENCE OF A LARGE BIRD STRIKE CAUSING DISTORTION OF THE NOSE GEAR DOORS. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED UP AND THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE PRIED OPEN. THE NOSE GEAR DROPPED AND LOCKED AND THE PILOT STARTED THE MOTOR AND TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE MAINTENANCE HANGAR.

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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