- Date
- November 11, 1985, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kenansville, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N2012QCessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851111057719A
- Case key
- 7005
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft contacted two piles of dirt during a gear-up landing. The plt took off with intensions of practicing touch and go landings. On the second apch, the plt was unable to fully extend the landing gear. The plt had one passenger check the hydraulic fluid reservoir and no hydraulic fluid was present. The plt was unable to fully extend the gear manually as the reserve hydraulic fluid was exhausted before the gear was down and locked. Post accident inspection of the acft revealed the hydraulic pressure line was ruptured 18 inches below the hydraulic pump ass'y. the rupture resulted from the line rubbing the stabilator control cable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2012Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG 0412
- Airframe hours
- 35,927
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Shelton R. Hardy
- Registered owner
- Tar Heel Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 24, 1985 · 71 hours before
- Airport
- DPL · Pb Raiford, runway 22, 3,700 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,535 total · 33 in this make and model · 3,400 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EWN, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.