# Incident 19971207046549I: Cessna 177RG, Atlanta, GA, December 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1997, 17:26 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8760° N, 84.3020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEKALB-PEACHTREE (PDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8760&lon=-84.3020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1561H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1561H) (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: 750 total, 30 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971207046549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LANDING GEAR FAILED TO FULLY RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT THEN TRIED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR AND COULD NOT. AFTER MANY UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO RE-CYCLE LANDING GEAR THE PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING AT PEACHTREE-DEKALB (PDK) AIRPORT BECAUSE OF RESCUE UNITS ON THE SCENE. HE LANDED WITH NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. PILOT'S STATEMENT IS ATTACHED.

## Other reports on N1561H (1)

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

- [Incident 19870923062799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870923062799I), Sep 23, 1987: Cessna 177RG (N1561H), Hilton Head Isl, SC, Minor damage. The aircraft landed with the wheels retracted. Pilot forgot to lower gear.

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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