# Incident 20240720020309I: Cessna 177RG, Bismarck, ND, July 20, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2024, 11:52 local time
- Place: Bismarck, ND
- Airport: Bismarck Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7727° N, 100.7457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BISMARCK MUNI (BIS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7727&lon=-100.7457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2733V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2733V) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240720020309I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE AND HIS WIFE WERE TRAVELLING FROM DICKINSON, ND TO KILLDEER, ND.  MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD COME DOWN BUT NOSE GEAR DID NOT AND THE MOTOR KEPT RUNNING, PILOT DECIDED TO DIVERT TO BISMARCK, ND DUE TO THE AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES. CYCLING THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES AND TRYING THE HAND PUMP PRODUCED NO OTHER RESULTS IN LANDING GEAR OPERATION.

DAMAGE WAS CONCENTRATED ON THE COWLING/NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR.

THE ENGINE SHUT OFF PRIOR TO IMPACT, DAMAGE TO COMPOSITE PROPELLER APPEARED TO BE DUE TO WINDMILLING EFFECT.

LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES ON JACKS WITH COWLING/NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR REMOVED USING SHIP BATTERY POWER AND NO DEFECTS COULD BE NOTED.  HYDRAULIC COMPONENTS ARE BEING SENT TO OVERHAUL FACILITY FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.

## Other reports on N2733V (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20170727011939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170727011939I), Jul 27, 2017: Cessna 177RG (N2733V), Sidney, MT, Minor damage. Pilot report nose gear of N2733V would not extend. Aircraft landed with nose gear up. Pilot was the only one on board the aircraft. Minor damage to aircraft…
- [Incident 19890626042559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890626042559I), Jun 26, 1989: Cessna 177RG (N2733V), Hillsboro, OR, Minor damage. Unable to extend nose gear. Landed with main gears down and nose gear up. Cause is undetermined.

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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