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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Grand Junction, CO · April 30, 2015

Date
April 30, 2015 · 11:45 local
Place
Grand Junction, CO
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6279V
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,540 total1,100 in this make and model150 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.

Aircraft departed gjt and subsequently returned unable to extend the nose gear. Pilot declared emergency and gjt a/p fire dept notified and responded. A/c landed rwy 4 without nose gear extended. POB 2, no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED GJT AND SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNED UNABLE TO EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND GJT A/P FIRE DEPT NOTIFIED AND RESPONDED. A/C LANDED RWY 4 WITHOUT NOSE GEAR EXTENDED. POB 2, NO INJURIES.