# Incident 20150722014339I: Cessna 172RG, Gulfport, MS, July 22, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2015, 21:40 local time
- Place: Gulfport, MS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3674° N, 89.0928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gulfport, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3674&lon=-89.0928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6181R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6181R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 450 in this make and model, 420 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150722014339I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT SHORTLY AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 14, DURING ROLLOUT AT GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI (KGPT) ON JULY 22, 2015 ABOUT 2140 LOCAL TIME THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  HE STATED THAT HE HAD JUST TOUCHED DOWN ON THE CENTERLINE AND WAS BEGINNING TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE DUE TO A CROSSWIND, HE APPLIED AILERON INPUT AND SLIGHT RIGHT RUDDER TO STEER THE PLANE BACK TO THE CENTERLINE.  RIGHT AFTER APPLYING RIGHT RUDDER IS WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

NO INJURIES, DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL LANDING GEAR DOORS AND PROPELLER.

JULY 29, 2015 INSPECTORS FROM THE JACKSON FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE OBSERVE THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION CHECK.  A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS PERFORMED WITH NO OBVIOUS SIGN OF DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR COMPONENTS.  THE NOSE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED NORMAL.

## Other reports on N6181R (1)

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

- [Incident 20050420009379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050420009379I), Apr 20, 2005: Cessna 172RG (N6181R), Slidell, LA, Minor damage. (-23) Emergency landing due to nose gear failed to extend. Pilot landed aircraft with no injuries and minor damage to aircraft.

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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