# NTSB ATL86FMG04: Cessna 177RG, N2012Q, Kenansville, NC, November 11, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: November 11, 1985, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Kenansville, NC
- Coordinates: 34.9603, -77.959533 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9603&lon=-77.9595&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7005
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86FMG04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7005/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FMG04

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, unknown
  - hydraulic system,line - chafed (cause)
  - fluid,hydraulic - leak (cause)
  - landing gear,emergency extension assembly - inoperative
  - emergency procedure - performed, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not possible, pilot in command

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2012Q), registered now, S/N 177RG0412, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 177RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (registry code 2073709) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (registry code 41593, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 177RG 0412
- Airframe hours: 35927
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851111057719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851111057719A), Nov 11, 1985: Cessna 177RG, Kenansville, NC, Substantial damage. Landed with gear in trail in grass beside runway. Struck piles of dirt. Hydraulic line chafed by control cable.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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