# Incident 20160413003539I: Cessna 177RG, Smithville, OH, April 13, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2016, 12:19 local time
- Place: Smithville, OH
- Airport: Wayne County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8748° N, 81.8883° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAYNE COUNTY (BJJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8748&lon=-81.8883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45677, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45677) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160413003539I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT MADE NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING ON RWY 28.  LANDING GEAR WAS CONFIRMED DOWN AND LOCKED BOTH VISUALLY (MIRRORS) AND BY INDICATOR (GREEN LIGHT).  AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND DECELERATED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SLOWLY COLLAPSED UNTIL THE PROP STRUCK THE RWY AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE COWLING, APPROXIMATELY 1/3 DOWN RWY 28, AND 30 FEET LEFT OF CENTERLINE.

## Other reports on N45677 (1)

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

- [Incident 20210718011199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210718011199I), Jul 18, 2021: Cessna 177RG (N45677), Smithville, OH, Minor damage. Pilot was practicing touch and go's when nose gear collapsed on landing rollout rwy 28. As the nose gear collapsed the engine propeller struck the pavement…

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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