# Incident 20121108024359I: Cessna 177RG, Mesa, AZ, November 8, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2012, 15:45 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8218G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8218G-2022-05-28) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121108024359I

## Narrative

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

11/08/2012 AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL TO FFZ. PILOT MOVED GEAR LEVER TO GEAR DOWN POSITION. GEAR MOVED TO THE DOWN POSITION AS VISUALLY VERIFIED BY THE PILOT. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR UP AND DOWN WITH THE SAME RESULT. PILOT THEN HAND PUMPED THE GEAR. VISUAL CONFIRMATION INDICATED THAT THE GEAR WERE ALL DOWN, HOWEVER, THE NLG LIGHT REMAINED OFF. PILOT TESTED THE BULB AND FOUND THE BULB WORKING. UNABLE TO GET THE NLG LIGHT TO COME ON, THE PILOT ASKED FFZ TOWER TO CONFIRM THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED DOWN AND LOCKED. TOWER CONFIRMED GEAR WERE IN THE DOWN POSITION. PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE MAINS, SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND SAT THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR DOWN. THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. WHEN THE PILOT TURNED OFF OF THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT COWL FLAPS, EXHAUST PIPE, NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS, PROPELLER TIPS, AND SEVERAL PARTS OF THE NLG WERE DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N8218G (2)

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

- [Incident 19871011062969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871011062969I), Oct 11, 1987: Cessna 177RG (N8218G), Hayden, CO, Minor damage. The aircraft landed on a road when the engine lost oil and the pilot smelled smoke. Oil line to prop governor broke
- [Accident 19730727025449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730727025449A), Jul 27, 1973: Cessna 177RG (N8218G), San Brnadno, CA, Substantial damage. Ldg gr collapsed.

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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