- Date
- May 30, 1986, 07:54 local (11:54 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1888QCessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860530086949A
- Case key
- 31644
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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 plt stated that the landing gear indicator light showed the gear to be down & locked. When the acft touched down the landing gear collasped and the acft slid to a stop. Post crash examination of the landing gear showed it to operate normally in all modes. The landing gear warning horn was found to be inoperative during the inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1888Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG0288
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Florida Xray Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 17, 1986
- Departed
- SFB · Sanford, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CRG · Craig Municipal, runway 4, 4,001 × 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
- 61
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,957 total · 150 in this make and model · 3,957 as pilot in command · 89 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1888Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.