# Incident 20210528010189I: Cessna 177RG, Eau Claire, WI, May 28, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2021, 19:15 local time
- Place: Eau Claire, WI
- Airport: Chippewa Valley
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8658° N, 91.4843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHIPPEWA VALLEY RGNL (EAU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8658&lon=-91.4843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1525H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1525H) (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
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210528010189I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 28, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1910 LOCAL TIME A CESSNA 177 REGISTRATION NUMBER N1525H WITH THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER LANDED ON A PART 91 FLIGHT TO (EAU) IN EAU CLAIRE, WI. THE PILOT REPORTED THE FOLLOWING. ON APPROACH WHEN SELECTING GEAR DOWN AND RETARDING THE THROTTLE, HE HEARD THE GEAR HORN AND NOTED THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR WAS NOT GREEN. HE THEN INITIATED A GO-AROUND. THE PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR TWICE NOTING THE MAIN GEAR CYCLED NORMALLY BUT THE TOWER REPORTED THE NOSE GEAR WAS STILL NOT DOWN.  NOW THE PILOT WITH THE MAIN GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION, ATTEMPTED TO UTILIZE THE AIRCRAFT?S MANUAL HAND PUMP. FOLLOWING HIM DISENGAGING THE GEAR SYSTEM FUSE, HE HAD MINIMAL PUMPING ACTION, AVAILABLE, AND WAS UNABLE TO GET THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. ONCE AGAIN THE PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR USING THE DASH MOUNTED CONTROL LEVER. DURING THIS CYCLE THE PILOT NOTED THE FUSE TRIPPED DURING THE DOWN PORTION OF THE CYCLE, NOW THE MAIN GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION WAS NOT FULLY LOCKED. THE PILOT RESET THE ELECTRICAL POWER AND CYCLED THE GEAR UP THEN DOWN. ON THE DOWN CYCLE WITH FULL NEGATIVE AMP DRAW ON THE AMMETER THE BREAKER TRIPPED. WITH THE GEAR DOWN BUT UNKNOWING IF LOCKED NOTIFIED THE TOWER OF HIS INTENT TO LAND. THE PILOT SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 14. THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN AND WHEN THE NOSE LOWERED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. DAY VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.

## Other aircraft in the event

- NONE: no report for this aircraft in the release

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