# Incident 19951228046229I: Cessna 177RG, Pottstown, PA, December 28, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1995, 14:30 local time
- Place: Pottstown, PA
- Airport: Pottstown Limerick Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2509° N, 75.6448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pottstown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2509&lon=-75.6448&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1604H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1604H-2000-05-26) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951228046229I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THE FOLLOWING: "DEPARTED N10 AT 11:20 A.M. HEADING FOR UKT. DURING LAND CHECKLIST, GEAR LIGHT SHOWED UNSAFE. I RECYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES THEN LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN TO WORK ON TRYING TO EXTEND GEAR. AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF TRYING DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING PUMPING EMERGENCY GEAR HANDLE, I DEEMED I HAD TRIED EVERYTHING I KNEW AND HAD USED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING AT PTW, RUNWAY 28, AT 2:30 P.M." PILOT LANDED WITH THE AIRCRAFT NOSE-WHEEL-GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FIRE. DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL, LIMITED TO THE PROP AND ENGINE COWLING. AN M&D REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR THE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT. THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N1604H (1)

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

- [Incident 19850221017749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850221017749I), Feb 21, 1985: Cessna 177RG (N1604H), Bozeman, MT, Minor damage. Pilot unable to extend nose gear before touchdown. Found ruptured gear up line.

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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