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FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Oklahoma City, OK · August 11, 2007

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Date
August 11, 2007 · 14:30 local
Place
Oklahoma City, OK
Airport
Wiley Post
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9463D
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
470 total20 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
N9463DRegistered now · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG1175 · Built 1984Airframe modelCessna 172RGEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) While in cruise flight, pilot heard a bang and then saw the gear unsafe light illuminate. Pilot also noticed an increase in drag and the aircraft slowed. Pilot placed the gear handle in the down position, but nothing happened. He turned back toward kpwa and tried to manually extend the landing gear using the hand-pump. He pumped the handle several times but there was no resistance and the gear unsafe light was still on. He declared an emergency and returned to kpwa. Tower advised him taht the nose gear appeared to be down, but that the main gear were in a partially retracted position. The pilot then landed the aircraft. On touchdown, the nose gear remained locked, but the aircraft settled on the partially extended main gear and the horizontal stabilizer. The aircraft slid to a stop on the runway and the pilot/passenger evacuated with no injuries. Follow-up investigation revealed that the nose gear actuator 'up' hydraulic flex line had failed at the fitting and all of the system hydraulic fluid escaped.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, PILOT HEARD A BANG AND THEN SAW THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATE. PILOT ALSO NOTICED AN INCREASE IN DRAG AND THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED. PILOT PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. HE TURNED BACK TOWARD KPWA AND TRIED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR USING THE HAND-PUMP. HE PUMPED THE HANDLE SEVERAL TIMES BUT THERE WAS NO RESISTANCE AND THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO KPWA. TOWER ADVISED HIM TAHT THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN, BUT THAT THE MAIN GEAR WERE IN A PARTIALLY RETRACTED POSITION. THE PILOT THEN LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. ON TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED LOCKED, BUT THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE PARTIALLY EXTENDED MAIN GEAR AND THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOT/PASSENGER EVACUATED WITH NO INJURIES. FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR 'UP' HYDRAULIC FLEX LINE HAD FAILED AT THE FITTING AND ALL OF THE SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FLUID ESCAPED.

Other reports on N9463D · 1

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