20100917046269I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A188B · Roanoke, VA · September 17, 2010

Date: September 17, 2010 · 23:30 local
Place: Roanoke, VA
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4732R
Reported as: Cessna A188B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4732RRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2011 · Cessna A188BS/N 18802310 · Built 1975 Airframe modelCessna A188B

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.

At 0332Z (11:32 pm EDT Friday, September 17, 2010) Cessna 172R, N4732R, inbound to roa on a night training flight, reported an unsafe nose gear indication. An instructor pilot and student were on board. The instructor and student followed the emergency checklist and attempted to extend the gear manually. After several unsuccessful attempts, they decided to land with just the mains extended. The pilot shut down the engine and at the last moment turned off the aircraft master switch. The aircraft landed on rwy 33 and after extended roll out on the mains the nose came down and the aircraft skidded to a halt on the nose section including the nose gear doors. The aircraft suffered a prop-strike and minor damage to the nose section of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AT 0332Z (11:32 PM EDT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010) CESSNA 172R, N4732R, INBOUND TO ROA ON A NIGHT TRAINING FLIGHT, REPORTED AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION. AN INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT WERE ON BOARD. THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR MANUALLY. AFTER SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, THEY DECIDED TO LAND WITH JUST THE MAINS EXTENDED. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND AT THE LAST MOMENT TURNED OFF THE AIRCRAFT MASTER SWITCH. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RWY 33 AND AFTER EXTENDED ROLL OUT ON THE MAINS THE NOSE CAME DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A HALT ON THE NOSE SECTION INCLUDING THE NOSE GEAR DOORS. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A PROP-STRIKE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT.