19781211024719I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Grand Junction, CO · December 11, 1978

Date
December 11, 1978 · 14:18 local
Place
Grand Junction, CO
Airport
Walker
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2573V
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total766 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot forgot to extend the landing gear before touchdown. Warning horn was found to be inoperative.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. WARNING HORN WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE.