Cessna 177RG N2012Q

Summary

On 11 November 1985 at about 23:15 local time, a Cessna 177RG registered N2012Q, operated by Shelton R. Hardy, was involved in an accident near Kenansville, North Carolina, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 November 1985 at 23:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Kenansville, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Pb Raiford (DPL)

Coordinates

34.9603, -77.9595

Aircraft

Cessna 177RG

Registration

N2012Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Shelton R. Hardy

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

ATL86FMG04

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.