# Incident 19980213005339I: Cessna 177RG, Houston, TX, February 13, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1998, 17:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Weiser Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9352° N, 95.6396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Weiser Air Park, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9352&lon=-95.6396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52585, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52585) (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: 406 total, 270 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980213005339I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 13, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 CST A CESSNA, N52585, MODEL 177RG LANDED GEAR UP AT WEISER AIRPARK (EYQ), HOUSTON, TEXAS. PILOT STATED THAT HE AND ONE PASSENGER HAD DEPARTED DAVID WAYNE HOOKS AIRPORT (DWH), HOUSTON, TEXAS, FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 CST. ON CLIMB OUT, THE PASSENGER DOOR POPPED OPEN AND THE DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT TO CLOSE AND LATCH THE DOOR. PILOT FURTHER STATED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED BY THE EVENTS OF THE FLIGHT AND FAILED TO EXTEND THE GEAR. BOTH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER STATED THAT THE GEAR WARNING HORN FAILED TO OPERATE WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS PULLED BACK TO IDLE. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE SCENE IT WAS NOTED THAT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE GEAR UP POSITION. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED AND THE GEAR EXTENDED THE GEAR WARNING HORN FAILED TO OPERATE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N52585 (1)

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

- [Incident 19941218045689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941218045689I), Dec 18, 1994: Cessna 177RG (N52585), Tomball, TX, Minor damage. Left aft baggage door open on climbout. Returned. Forgot to put gear down. Landed gear up.

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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