38.4145° N, 122.7577° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Santa Rosa Air Center, closed, within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 16, 1987 · 15:15 local
Place
Santa Rosa, CA
Airport
Santa Rosa-Air Center
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1851Q
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
90 total
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.
Solo student landed with the gear retracted. The gear warning horn was found to be inoperable.
As the FAA filed it
SOLO STUDENT LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. THE GEAR WARNING HORN WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERABLE.