# Incident 20171214023079I: Cessna 501, Houston, TX, December 14, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 2017, 02:19 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Ellington Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6073° N, 95.1587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLINGTON (EFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6073&lon=-95.1587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N797SE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N797SE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 501 (registry code 2076603, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-501) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 series (registry code 52060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-1-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 501
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D-1
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,141 total, 506 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171214023079I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION AFTER SELECTING GEAR DOWN, THE MAIN GEAR INDICATIORS DISPLAYED DOWN AND LOCKED (GREEN) AND THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR SHOWED UNSAFE (NO LIGHT). PILOT REPORTED THE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED WITH THE SAME RESULTS.  PILOT THEN EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY GEAR DOWN PROCEDURE WITH SAME RESULTS.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 17R WITH NOSE WHEEL RETRACTED AND MAIN WHEELS DONW AND LOCKED.  NO INJURIES REPORTED

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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