# Incident 19980918037819I: Cessna 177RG, San Carlos, CA, September 18, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1998, 07:38 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Airport: San Carlos Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5119° N, 122.2495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN CARLOS (SQL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5119&lon=-122.2495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1841Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1841Q) (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: 1,550 total, 1,400 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/19980918037819I

## Narrative

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

N-5) ON LANDING APPROACH TO SAN CARLOS AIRPORT, PILOT WAS UNABLE TO LOWER NOSE LANDING GEAR, LANDED NOSE GEAR UP WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT REQUESTED.

## Other reports on N1841Q (2)

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

- [Incident 20020726020579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020726020579I), Jul 26, 2002: Cessna 177RG (N1841Q), Harbor Springs, MI, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft landed with the landing gear retracted, sustaining minor damage. The pilot stated that he did not realize the landing gear was not lowered…
- [Incident 19890831048059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890831048059I), Aug 31, 1989: Cessna 177RG (N1841Q), San Luis Obispo, CA, Minor damage. Unable to get nose gear down. Landed gear up. Malfunction could not be duplicated.

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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