# Incident 20111108025499I: Cessna 172RG, Lancaster, PA, November 8, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2011, 07:30 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OCCS
- Location: 40.1224° N, 76.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1224&lon=-76.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N833TW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N833TW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (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 172RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 17 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/20111108025499I

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT ON RWY 31 AT LANCASTER AIRPORT, BOTH PILOTS NOTICED THE LANDING GEAR WARNING LIGHT SYSTEM CYCLING BETWEEN GREEN AND AMBER.  WITHIN SECONDS OF NOTICING THE LANDING GEAR WARNING LIGHT SYSTEM CYCLING, THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY FAILED RESULTING IN COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR.NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY PART NUMBER 1280514-9 SUPERCEDED BY PART NUMBER 1280514-15.NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY WAS A HIGH TIME COMPONENT.

## Other reports on N833TW (1)

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

- [Incident 20120811018579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120811018579I), Aug 11, 2012: Cessna 172RG (N833TW), Allentown, PA, Minor damage. Pilot was performing touch and go landings while working on his commercial certificate. The pilot was planning to land and forgot to lower landing gear.

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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