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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Brenham, TX · December 22, 2024

Date
December 22, 2024 · 14:45 local
Place
Brenham, TX
Airport
Brenham Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2727V
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
164 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.

Aircraft departed Brenham muni,11R, IN privacy data omitted at 1:50 p.m., flew up to the college station area but did not land at easterwood field, and returned to 11R at 2:25 p.m. based on what pilot reported, as soon as he touched down when landing on runway 16, his right main landing gear collapsed, despite him having all indicators inside the aircraft showing that all landing gear were extended and locked. Based on footage from the airport’s terminal camera, the aircraft touched down, the right main landing gear collapsed, the aircraft leaned over to the right, outer edge of the right wing hit the ground, dragged for a bit, and the aircraft spun to the left 180 degrees before coming to rest upright on the east side of the runway. There was visible damage to the right stabilator and to the outer edge of the right wing. There was a scuff mark from where the wing dragged against the runway but no damage to the pavement. Aircraft has not yet been repaired due to availability of parts. privacy data omitted Will contact the FAA when troubleshooting of landing gear has been performed.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BRENHAM MUNI,11R, IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT 1:50 P.M., FLEW UP TO THE COLLEGE STATION AREA BUT DID NOT LAND AT EASTERWOOD FIELD, AND RETURNED TO 11R AT 2:25 P.M. BASED ON WHAT PILOT REPORTED, AS SOON AS HE TOUCHED DOWN WHEN LANDING ON RUNWAY 16, HIS RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, DESPITE HIM HAVING ALL INDICATORS INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT SHOWING THAT ALL LANDING GEAR WERE EXTENDED AND LOCKED. BASED ON FOOTAGE FROM THE AIRPORT’S TERMINAL CAMERA, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, THE AIRCRAFT LEANED OVER TO THE RIGHT, OUTER EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING HIT THE GROUND, DRAGGED FOR A BIT, AND THE AIRCRAFT SPUN TO THE LEFT 180 DEGREES BEFORE COMING TO REST UPRIGHT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT STABILATOR AND TO THE OUTER EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING. THERE WAS A SCUFF MARK FROM WHERE THE WING DRAGGED AGAINST THE RUNWAY BUT NO DAMAGE TO THE PAVEMENT. AIRCRAFT HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED DUE TO AVAILABILITY OF PARTS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WILL CONTACT THE FAA WHEN TROUBLESHOOTING OF LANDING GEAR HAS BEEN PERFORMED.

Other reports on N2727V · 1

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