# Incident 19951106045969I: Cessna 177RG, Taunton, MA, November 6, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 1995, 11:30 local time
- Place: Taunton, MA
- Airport: Taunton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9001° N, 71.0898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taunton, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9001&lon=-71.0898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1589H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1589H) (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 IO360A1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 560 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951106045969I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON NOVEMBER 6, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 EDT, A CESSNA (N1589H), CE-177-RG, LANDED GEAR UP AT (TAN) TAUNTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT MA. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ONBOARD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 150-200 YARDS DOWN THE CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY 030, SKIDDING APPROXIMATELY 100-200 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE TAUNTON POLICE, AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE ON SCENE. THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE IS AS FOLLOWS: THREE PROPELLER BLADES BENT APPROXIMATELY SIX INCHES, THE ENGINE SUFFERED SEVERE PROP STRIKES, ONE BROKEN BELLY ANTENNA, ONE BELLY STROBE LIGHT, AND ONE BELLY SKIN REAR OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AREA DAMAGED. THE PILOT/AIRCRAFT OWNER WAS ENROUTE FROM STOW MINUTEMAN AIRPORT TO TAUNTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT, TO PICK UP A FRIEND WHO WAS LEAVING HIS HELICOPTER WITH JIM GODOVICH AT SUPERIOR AERO SERVICES, INC., LOCATED AT TAUNTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED, "I TOOK OFF FROM STOW IN GOOD WEATHER TO TAUNTON". THE JOURNEY WAS UNEVENTFUL AND WEATHER GOOD". "I SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO ABOUT 120 KTS ABOUT TWELVE MILES OUT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN PRIOR TO ENTERING THE CIRCUIT". "I DID A NORMAL 45 DEGREE ENTRY TO DOWNWIND, USED 10 DEGREE FLAPS, THEN 20 DEGREE, TURNED AND BANKED FINAL". "USED 30 DEGREE FLAPS FOR FINAL APPROACH". FAILED TO DO FINAL GEAR DOWN CHECK". "LANDED GEAR UP AT TAUNTON ON 30, APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET DOWN RUNWAY". ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DONALD E. SMALL NE-FSDO-01 AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR.

## Other reports on N1589H (1)

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

- [Incident 19931027048009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931027048009I), Oct 27, 1993: Cessna 177RG (N1589H), Augusta, GA, Minor damage. Unable to lower landing gear. Landed gear up. Small fire extinguished by crash crews.

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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