# Incident 19991228038299I: Cessna 177RG, Angleton, TX, December 28, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1999, 15:45 local time
- Place: Angleton, TX
- Airport: Brazoria County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1718° N, 95.4293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Angleton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1718&lon=-95.4293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2043Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2043Q) (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: 2,000 total, 50 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/19991228038299I

## Narrative

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

(-5) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT COULD NOT GET A GEAR SAFE INDICATION. THE ATP RATED PILOT NOTICED, BY LOOKING OUT THE SIDE WINDOW OF THE AIRCRAFT, THAT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE TRANSIT POSITION AND WOULD NOT MOVE UP OR DOWN, NO MATTER WHICH SELECTION WAS MADE WITH THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE. AFTER EXHAUSTING ALL EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS DISPATCHED TO THE AIRPORT WHILE THE PILOT BURNED OFF THE FUEL ON BOARD. WHEN MOST ALL FUEL WAS EXHAUSTED, THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY GEAR UP LANDING IN A GRASSY FIELD, PARALLEL TO THE NORTH SOUTH RUNWAY AT LBX. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE. POST EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LINE HAD BEEN REPLACED AT ONE TIME, BY OBSERVATION. THERE WERE NO MAINTENANCE RECORD ENTRIES TO THIS EFFECT. THE HYDRAULIC LINE IN QUESTION HAD BECOME DISCONNECTED AT THE ASSEMBLY POINT WHERE THE HOSE CONNECTS TO THE COUPLING, ALL HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS PUMPED OUT THROUGH THIS HOSE RENDERING THE GEAR INOP.

## Other reports on N2043Q (4)

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

- [Incident 20180213000099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180213000099I), Feb 13, 2018: Cessna 177RG (N2043Q), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. On febraury 13, 2018 at approximately 2030 EST, a Cessna 177RG aircraft, N2043Q sustained minor damage while landing without the main landing gear down and…
- [Incident 20060427006069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060427006069I), Apr 27, 2006: Cessna 177RG (N2043Q), Marathon, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft N2043Q was 1 1/2 miles out on final approach to Marathon Airport (kmth), Florida. No green light indication was observed in cockpit after…
- [Incident 19920609022589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920609022589I), Jun 9, 1992: Cessna 177RG (N2043Q), Hamilton, OH. Engine failure. Forced landing in a field. Found connecting rod broken.
- [Incident 19800505050869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800505050869I), May 5, 1980: Cessna 177RG (N2043Q), Darrtown, OH, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed due to hard landing.

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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