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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Latrobe, PA · August 11, 2007

Date: August 11, 2007 · 10:36 local
Place: Latrobe, PA
Airport: Arnold Palmer Regional
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N53160
Reported as: Cessna 177RG
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,331 total99 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N53160Registered now · Cessna 177RGS/N 177RG1354 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 177RG Engine modelLycoming IO-360-A1B6DReciprocating

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) On August 11, 2007, at 1036EDT, N53160 a Cessna 177RG received minor damage following an emergency landing at klbe in which the nose gear failed to extend. Further inspection revealed a misinstalled turn buckle that failed allowing the nose gear door to close permanently. When the gear was retracted it forced the door into the well and jamming the nose gear. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON AUGUST 11, 2007, AT 1036EDT, N53160 A CESSNA 177RG RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE FOLLOWING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT KLBE IN WHICH THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED A MISINSTALLED TURN BUCKLE THAT FAILED ALLOWING THE NOSE GEAR DOOR TO CLOSE PERMANENTLY. WHEN THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED IT FORCED THE DOOR INTO THE WELL AND JAMMING THE NOSE GEAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^