# Incident 19880720040019I: Cessna 177RG, Riverside, CA, July 20, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1988, 20:30 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53082, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53082-2013-04-08) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 11 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880720040019I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DISTRACTED BY RADIO TRAFFIC ON LANDING. FORGOT TO LOWER GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP. FAULTY GEAR WARNING HORN.

## Other reports on N53082 (2)

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

- [Incident 19800617054899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800617054899I), Jun 17, 1980: Cessna 177RG (N53082), Streator, IL, Minor damage. Landed short of runway when engine would not respond to throttle movement. Found broken support bracket.
- [Incident 19780929028949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780929028949I), Sep 29, 1978: Cessna 177RG (N53082), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. Pilot taxied onto access road and struck stop sign with wing. Tower had given taxi directions.

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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