What happened
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Narrative: departed 1F7 at 6:30 am on Tuesday 3-22-94. Picked up IFR clearance from fortworth center for flight to T27. Upon seeing the airport at T27, I cancelled IFR. Weather was clear. Just before entering the traffic pattern at T27 I attempted to lower the gear. They would not come down. Recycled several times with no results. Tryed to manually lower the gear but the hand pump did not build pressure. I decided to return to 1F7 and flew back VFR. Contacted my mechanic on the radio. We decided trl would be the best place to land gear up. I followed the emergency procedures in the POH and landed gear up between two taxiways parallel to runway 17 in a grassy area. (Jeffrey j. kalis, pilot) N1969Q Cessna 177RG 3-22-94, the aircraft came in very smoothly and made a wheel up landing on grass. Nobody was hurt. Damage was minor. I, richard lee sowards, jack up aircraft and filled the reservoir, which was empty, and ran the gear motor to lower the gear. I also pushed on main gear to help lower gear. (Richard lee sowards, aircraft tech./witness) on March 22, 1994, at approximately 10:30 am a blue and white Cessna 177RG landed with the landing gear in the retracted position at Terrell Municipal Airport. It was a clear day and one person on board. The main landing gear was approximately 6 to 8 inches out of the wheel wells and the nose gear doors were closed. The pilot did a full flap landing in the grass in between two paralleling taxi ways landing to the south. M & d pending.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: DEPARTED 1F7 AT 6:30 AM ON TUESDAY 3-22-94. PICKED UP IFR CLEARANCE FROM FORTWORTH CENTER FOR FLIGHT TO T27. UPON SEEING THE AIRPORT AT T27, I CANCELLED IFR. WEATHER WAS CLEAR. JUST BEFORE ENTERING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT T27 I ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR. THEY WOULD NOT COME DOWN. RECYCLED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO RESULTS. TRYED TO MANUALLY LOWER THE GEAR BUT THE HAND PUMP DID NOT BUILD PRESSURE. I DECIDED TO RETURN TO 1F7 AND FLEW BACK VFR. CONTACTED MY MECHANIC ON THE RADIO. WE DECIDED TRL WOULD BE THE BEST PLACE TO LAND GEAR UP. I FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES IN THE POH AND LANDED GEAR UP BETWEEN TWO TAXIWAYS PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 17 IN A GRASSY AREA. (JEFFREY J. KALIS, PILOT) N1969Q CESSNA 177RG 3-22-94, THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN VERY SMOOTHLY AND MADE A WHEEL UP LANDING ON GRASS. NOBODY WAS HURT. DAMAGE WAS MINOR. I, RICHARD LEE SOWARDS, JACK UP AIRCRAFT AND FILLED THE RESERVOIR, WHICH WAS EMPTY, AND RAN THE GEAR MOTOR TO LOWER THE GEAR. I ALSO PUSHED ON MAIN GEAR TO HELP LOWER GEAR. (RICHARD LEE SOWARDS, AIRCRAFT TECH./WITNESS) ON MARCH 22, 1994, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 AM A BLUE AND WHITE CESSNA 177RG LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION AT TERRELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. IT WAS A CLEAR DAY AND ONE PERSON ON BOARD. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 8 INCHES OUT OF THE WHEEL WELLS AND THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE CLOSED. THE PILOT DID A FULL FLAP LANDING IN THE GRASS IN BETWEEN TWO PARALLELING TAXI WAYS LANDING TO THE SOUTH. M & D PENDING.
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