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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Spokane, WA · August 4, 2013

Date
August 4, 2013 · 10:38 local
Place
Spokane, WA
Airport
Sff
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1563H
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1 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.

Both the pilot and the flight instructor stated that the pilot made a normal landing on the centerline and lowered the nose wheel. The nose wheel colapsed. Both pilot's stated the landing gear indicator indicated the gear was down and locked. Neither the pilot or the flight instructor had valid medical certificates.

As the FAA filed it

BOTH THE PILOT AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE PILOT MADE A NORMAL LANDING ON THE CENTERLINE AND LOWERED THE NOSE WHEEL. THE NOSE WHEEL COLAPSED. BOTH PILOT'S STATED THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR INDICATED THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. NEITHER THE PILOT OR THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAD VALID MEDICAL CERTIFICATES.