# Incident 20100611034929I: Cessna 177RG, North Las Vegas, NV, June 11, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2010, 18:10 local time
- Place: North Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2107° N, 115.1944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH LAS VEGAS (VGT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2107&lon=-115.1944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45385, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45385) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,647 total, 200 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100611034929I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 25, NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT (VGT), 2 POB, NO INJURIES. NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND UPON INITIAL LANDING APPROACH TO VGT, RWY 12R, PILOT REQUESTED FLYBY TOWER TO VERIFY NON-EXTENSION OF NOSE GEAR TO VERIFY GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT ON PANEL. TOWER VERIFIED MAIN GEAR DOWN, BUT NOSE GEAR STILL RETRACTED, NOSE GEAR DOORS STILL CLOSED. PILOT REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO NORTH PRACTICE AREA TO TRY AND EXTEND GEAR. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 1.5 HOURS GEAR WOULD STILL NOT RETRACT. PILOT THEN REQUESTED RETURN FOR EMERGENCY LANDING AT NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT (VGT). ATC PERSONNEL DIRECTED PILOT TO RUNWAY 25 TO ACCOMMODATE WINDS FOR BETTER LANDING. PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING ON RWY 25 AT APPROXIMATELY 1710 HOURS (LOCAL) 11 JUNE 2010.  ASI WENT TO AIRCRAFT LOCATION (LONE MOUNTAIN REPAIR STATION, NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT) ON 14 JUNE 2010, INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND TOOK PICTURES.

## Other reports on N45385 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19801212087499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801212087499I), Dec 12, 1980: Cessna 177RG (N45385), Montrose, CO, Minor damage. Bird strike after takeoff.
- [Incident 19780414012459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780414012459I), Apr 14, 1978: Cessna 177RG (N45385), Thousand Oaks, CA. Forced landing after engine quit, unable to determine cause.

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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