# Incident 19790529028299I: Cessna 177RG, California City, CA, May 29, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1979, 08:30 local time
- Place: California City, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1258° N, 117.9859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of California City, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1258&lon=-117.9859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1547H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1547H-2012-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 269 total, 15 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790529028299I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND GEAR BEFORE LANDING.

## Other reports on N1547H (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830205004269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830205004269A), Feb 5, 1983: Cessna 177RG (N1547H), Las Vegas, NV, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Was observed to climb into IMC after takeoff. Radar returns indicate pilot lost control. Crashed near mountain top.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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