# Incident 19970905031789I: Cessna 177RG, Santa Monica, CA, September 5, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1997, 09:45 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35504, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35504) (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: 150 total, 60 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970905031789I

## Narrative

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

FAILED CHECK GEAR DOWN AND OR USE MANUAL EXTENSION.

## Other reports on N35504 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780326010399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780326010399I), Mar 26, 1978: Cessna 177RG (N35504), Lubbock, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. May have been extended late or retracted on rollout. Gear operation checked ok.

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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