20131118025809I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Havasu City, AZ · November 18, 2013

Date: November 18, 2013 · 13:00 local
Place: Havasu City, AZ
Airport: Havasu City Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N25LG
Reported as: Cessna 177RG
Reported engine: Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 381 total381 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

N25LGRegistered now · Cessna 177RGS/N 177RG0624 · Built 1975 Airframe modelCessna 177RG Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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.

During approach to land at Havasu City Airport on runway 32, privacy data omitted initiated the landing gear down selector switch prior to entering base. privacy data omitted Verified all gear down indicator lights for green illumination during approach. They were all green prior to landing the aircraft. As he was landing onto runway 32 he felt the nose of the aircraft sinking further than normal and encountering a prop strike which immediately caused him to pull back on the controls in maintaining a nose-up attitude as long as he could until losing airspeed causing the aircraft to nose over sliding to a stop. He then got out of the aircraft to access damages which included the engine propeller, engine exhaust, nose wheel gear door and bottom of engine enclosure.

As the FAA filed it

DURING APPROACH TO LAND AT HAVASU CITY AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 32, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INITIATED THE LANDING GEAR DOWN SELECTOR SWITCH PRIOR TO ENTERING BASE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ VERIFIED ALL GEAR DOWN INDICATOR LIGHTS FOR GREEN ILLUMINATION DURING APPROACH. THEY WERE ALL GREEN PRIOR TO LANDING THE AIRCRAFT. AS HE WAS LANDING ONTO RUNWAY 32 HE FELT THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT SINKING FURTHER THAN NORMAL AND ENCOUNTERING A PROP STRIKE WHICH IMMEDIATELY CAUSED HIM TO PULL BACK ON THE CONTROLS IN MAINTAINING A NOSE-UP ATTITUDE AS LONG AS HE COULD UNTIL LOSING AIRSPEED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER SLIDING TO A STOP. HE THEN GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT TO ACCESS DAMAGES WHICH INCLUDED THE ENGINE PROPELLER, ENGINE EXHAUST, NOSE WHEEL GEAR DOOR AND BOTTOM OF ENGINE ENCLOSURE.