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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Brownsville, TX · November 10, 2011

Date
November 10, 2011 · 17:30 local
Place
Brownsville, TX
Airport
Brownsville
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8245G
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
25,096 total150 in this make and model91 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot was perfoming touch and go landings when on third landing the nose landing gear would not extend. He tried to pump and also use g force but gear would not extend. Declared emergency and shut down engine just prior to landing. Damage limited to prop strike and minor damage to gear doors and belly skin.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PERFOMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WHEN ON THIRD LANDING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. HE TRIED TO PUMP AND ALSO USE G FORCE BUT GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND SHUT DOWN ENGINE JUST PRIOR TO LANDING. DAMAGE LIMITED TO PROP STRIKE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO GEAR DOORS AND BELLY SKIN.