# Incident 20070831018259I: Cessna 177B, Gerlach, NV, August 31, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2007, 12:10 local time
- Place: Gerlach, NV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6452° N, 119.3613° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gerlach, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6452&lon=-119.3613&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30909, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30909) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,990 total, 150 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/20070831018259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING AT TEMPORARY AIRPORT (BLACK ROCK DESERT, NV) THE RIGHT BRAKE/WHEEL ASSEMBLY OVERHEATED AND CAUGHT FIRE. FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY, WHEEL PANTS, AND LANDING GEAR STRUT FAIRING. INSPECTION OF THE WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY REVEALED THAT THE BRAKE PADS WERE SEVERELY WORN PAST THE RIVETS AND THE ASSEMBLY WAS FULL OF DIRT. WHEEL BEARINGS HAD GREASE AND APPEARED OK.

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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