19951129046239I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Mc Kinney, TX · November 29, 1995

Date
November 29, 1995 · 15:30 local
Place
Mc Kinney, TX
Airport
Mc Kinney Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N177JG
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A2B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
936 total700 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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.

Narrative: on November 29, 1995, at approximately 1530 CST a Cessna 177RG, N177JG, landed with the landing gears in the up position at the mckinney municipal airport (tki), mckinney, TX. The private pilot was the sole occupant of the aircraft. The pilot did not sustain any injuries and the aircraft received minor damage to the lower cowling and propeller. The flight was being operated by the owner as a personal flight under CFR part 91 when the incident occurred. The flight originated in greenville, Texas at approximately 1511 CST. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and there was no flight plan filed. A subsequent inspection of the aircraft by a qualified mechanic indicated that there had been a malfunction of the gear horn micro-switch causing it to fail to sound when designed to. A malfunction or defect report will be filed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON NOVEMBER 29, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 CST A CESSNA 177RG, N177JG, LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEARS IN THE UP POSITION AT THE MCKINNEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (TKI), MCKINNEY, TX. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER COWLING AND PROPELLER. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE OWNER AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER CFR PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN GREENVILLE, TEXAS AT APPROXIMATELY 1511 CST. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY A QUALIFIED MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A MALFUNCTION OF THE GEAR HORN MICRO-SWITCH CAUSING IT TO FAIL TO SOUND WHEN DESIGNED TO. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WILL BE FILED.