# Incident 19971121041839I: Cessna 177RG, Bentonville, AR, November 21, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1997, 15:30 local time
- Place: Bentonville, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3729° N, 94.2088° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bentonville, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3729&lon=-94.2088&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34502, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34502) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,075 total, 956 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971121041839I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS DISTRACTED FROM HIS PRE-LANDING ROUTINE ON APPROACH INTO BENTONVILLE BY A DEPARTING AIRCRAFT. AFTER LOCATING THE DEPARTING AIRCRAFT AND RE-ENTERING THE BENTONVILLE TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE PILOT LANDED HIS AIRCRAFT WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE DISRUPTION OF THE PILOT'S PRE-LANDING ROUTINE RESULTED IN HIS FAILURE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N34502 (1)

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

- [Incident 20110702012059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110702012059I), Jul 2, 2011: Cessna 177RG (N34502), Anderson, IN, Minor damage. At 0835 EDT on 7/02/2011 a Cessna 177RG landed on runway 12 at Anderson municipal airport, IN. (Aid) with the landing gear up. The aircraft sustained minor…

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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