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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · November 26, 2016

Date
November 26, 2016 · 13:50 local
Airport
Virginia Tech/Montgomery Execu
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9974B
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,398 total1,265 in this make and model99 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.

The pilot stated that while taxing he experienced an intermittent gear unsafe indication. The unsafe indication stopped and he departed bcb. While in the bcb pattern at a 45 degree for runway 300 he selected landing gear down and confirmed no unsafe indication existed. Upon landing the nose landing gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE TAXING HE EXPERIENCED AN INTERMITTENT GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION. THE UNSAFE INDICATION STOPPED AND HE DEPARTED BCB. WHILE IN THE BCB PATTERN AT A 45 DEGREE FOR RUNWAY 300 HE SELECTED LANDING GEAR DOWN AND CONFIRMED NO UNSAFE INDICATION EXISTED. UPON LANDING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.