# Incident 20110315003309I: Cessna 177RG, Oxford, CT, March 15, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2011, 17:56 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury-Oxford Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34458 (not matched to a registry record)
- 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: 18,500 total, 55 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110315003309I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 15, 2011 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF N34458 EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 AT THE WATERBURY-OXFORD AIRPORT, IN OXFORD, CT. WHILE PERFORMING TRAFFIC PATTERN FLIGHT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ABLE TO VISUALLY CONFIRM THE STATUS OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ALSO ABLE TO CONFIRM THE STATUS THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS UNSAFE BY COORDINATING WITH THE AIRPORT TOWER AND A MECHANIC ON THE GROUND. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED NUMEROUS TIMES TO EXTEND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BOTH AUTOMATICALLY AND VIA THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE CONTAINED IN THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL (AFM). THE PILOT ALSO TRIED TO GET THE NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND BY "G" LOADING AND UNLOADING THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER DETERMINING THAT THE PILOT COULD NOT LOWER THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, THE PILOT COORDINATED WITH THE TOWER FOR CRASH/ RESCUE AND CONTINUED TO CIRCLE THE AIRPORT. AFTER CRASH/ RESCUE ARRIVED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED A NORMAL APPROACH TO A POWER-OFF LANDING BY SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE AT 50 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED THE AIRCRAFT NORMALLY AND HELD THE NOSE OFF UNTIL THE STABILATOR STARTED TO BECOME INEFFECTIVE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOWERED THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE AND CAME TO A STOP ON RUNWAY 18 WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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