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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Blairstown, NJ · August 19, 2022

Date
August 19, 2022 · 10:30 local
Place
Blairstown, NJ
Airport
Blairstown
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8014G
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
235 total

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.

Pilotprivacy data omitted was sole occupant conducting local personal flight. On approach to runway 24 pilot selected gear down and noted that the green downlock light illuminated without the characteristic clunk. The pilot looked out the side window and noted that landing gear extension was incomplete. Attempts to extend the gear using normal and emergency systems were unsuccessful. Nose gear collapsed on rollout, main gear supported the aircraft. Pilot exited aircraft without injury. Aircraft damage was not substantial within the definition in 49 CFR 830.2.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS SOLE OCCUPANT CONDUCTING LOCAL PERSONAL FLIGHT. ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND NOTED THAT THE GREEN DOWNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITHOUT THE CHARACTERISTIC CLUNK. THE PILOT LOOKED OUT THE SIDE WINDOW AND NOTED THAT LANDING GEAR EXTENSION WAS INCOMPLETE. ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE GEAR USING NORMAL AND EMERGENCY SYSTEMS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT, MAIN GEAR SUPPORTED THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS NOT SUBSTANTIAL WITHIN THE DEFINITION IN 49 CFR 830.2.