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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Miamisburg, OH · February 9, 2019

Date
February 9, 2019 · 11:38 local
Place
Miamisburg, OH
Airport
Dayton Wright Brothers
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
CWBS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N937AS
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-360-A1D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

During a normal approach to land, the pilot placed the gear selector into the down position. Although both main gears extended normally, the nose landing gear did not extend. The aircraft landed on runway 2 north with the nose landing gear still in the retracted position causing minor damage to the engine exhaust, nose gear doors, and propeller. Once the aircraft?s nose was lifted from the runway surface, it was discovered the right hand nose gear door was jammed with the aircraft belly skin, preventing the nose gear doors from opening. Once the door interference was mechanically overcome, the nose landing gear extended normally. The aircraft was then towed off the runway to the hanger.

As the FAA filed it

DURING A NORMAL APPROACH TO LAND, THE PILOT PLACED THE GEAR SELECTOR INTO THE DOWN POSITION. ALTHOUGH BOTH MAIN GEARS EXTENDED NORMALLY, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 2 NORTH WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STILL IN THE RETRACTED POSITION CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE EXHAUST, NOSE GEAR DOORS, AND PROPELLER. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT?S NOSE WAS LIFTED FROM THE RUNWAY SURFACE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE RIGHT HAND NOSE GEAR DOOR WAS JAMMED WITH THE AIRCRAFT BELLY SKIN, PREVENTING THE NOSE GEAR DOORS FROM OPENING. ONCE THE DOOR INTERFERENCE WAS MECHANICALLY OVERCOME, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE HANGER.