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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Bedford, MA · July 12, 1981

Date
July 12, 1981 · 12:30 local
Place
Bedford, MA
Airport
Hanscom
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2004Q
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total350 in this make and model20 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 lowered gear manually when he did not get gear down lights. Gear motor had failed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOWERED GEAR MANUALLY WHEN HE DID NOT GET GEAR DOWN LIGHTS. GEAR MOTOR HAD FAILED.