19991006033399I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Aledo, IL · October 6, 1999

Date
October 6, 1999 · 18:00 local
Place
Aledo, IL
Airport
Mercer County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2516V
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total170 in this make and model117 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) IGL1920000005 while conducting a simulated engine out emergency landing, the flight instructor and student pilot became distracted during the landing approach and failed to lower the landing gear, resulting in a wheels up landing. The aircraft received minor damage to the belly skin and propeller. No injuries were reported by the two airmen. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) IGL1920000005 WHILE CONDUCTING A SIMULATED ENGINE OUT EMERGENCY LANDING, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED DURING THE LANDING APPROACH AND FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, RESULTING IN A WHEELS UP LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY SKIN AND PROPELLER. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY THE TWO AIRMEN. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

Other reports on N2516V · 4

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