# Incident 19991006033399I: Cessna 177RG, Aledo, IL, October 6, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1999, 18:00 local time
- Place: Aledo, IL
- Airport: Mercer County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2487° N, 90.7372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERCER COUNTY (IL09), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2487&lon=-90.7372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2516V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2516V) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 170 in this make and model, 117 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991006033399I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Incident 20180430004349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180430004349I), Apr 30, 2018: Cessna 177RG (N2516V), Pensacola, FL, Minor damage. Airman was practicing touch and gos in the pattern for runway 08. During fourth pattern operation, while on downwind, ATC instructed plane to extend downwind…
- [Incident 19851105061599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851105061599I), Nov 5, 1985: Cessna 177RG (N2516V), Huntington, WV, Minor damage. Landed on wet grass runway without extending the landing gear.
- [Incident 19800422049959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800422049959I), Apr 22, 1980: Cessna 177RG (N2516V), Huntington, WV, Minor damage. Pilot unable to retract gear returned to airport, landed. Nose gear collapsed during rollout. Hydraulic fluid low.
- [Accident 19760520012329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760520012329A), May 20, 1976: Cessna 177RG (N2516V), Columbia, CA, Substantial damage. Gr warning horn sys malf.

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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