# Incident 20000702035099I: Cessna 177RG, Van Nuys, CA, July 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2000, 13:40 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2703V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2703V) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000702035099I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING AT VAN NUYS AIRPORT, THE STUDENT, AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 16L, IN PREPARATION FOR TAKE-OFF, RAISED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF THE FLAP HANDLE. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE STUDENT BEFORE HE HAD MOVED THE GEAR HANDLE.  THE NOSE GEAR OF THE AIRPLANE COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N2703V (1)

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

- [Incident 19810530056329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810530056329I), May 30, 1981: Cessna 177RG (N2703V), Van Nuys, CA, Minor damage. Za pilot unable to extend nose gear. Landed nose gear up. Replaced centering block p/n 2043023.

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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