# Incident 19940322009449I: Cessna 177RG, Terrell, TX, March 22, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1994, 10:00 local time
- Place: Terrell, TX
- Airport: Terrell Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7085° N, 96.2671° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TERRELL MUNI (TRL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7085&lon=-96.2671&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1969Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1969Q) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 195 total, 124 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940322009449I

## Narrative

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

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.

## Other reports on N1969Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19920707056919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920707056919I), Jul 7, 1992: Cessna 177RG (N1969Q), Aurora, CO, Minor damage. Aircraft would not accelerate past 70 knots on takeoff. Would not gain altitude. Landed straight ahead in field.
- [Accident 19820119001449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820119001449A), Jan 19, 1982: Cessna 177RG (N1969Q), Des Moines, IA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climbout. Landed on freeway. Defective bendix servo fuel injector assembly model rsa 5AO1.

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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