# Incident 20010726018379I: Cessna 177RG, Las Vegas, NV, July 26, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2001, 09:20 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52489, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52489) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010726018379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 07/26/01 PILOT ROBERT TAIBEDEAU, CERT #2034160, ATTEMPTED TO DEPART VGT. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THIS PILOT HAD AN ELECTRICAL EMERGENCY WHICH INVOLVED EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR WITHOUT PUTTING THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION. A SUCCESSFUL LANDING WAS MADE AND THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY WAS CHARGED AT A LOCAL FBO. DURING TAKEOFF OPERATIONS THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED CAUSING THE PROPELLER AND GEAR DOOR TO CONTACT THE GROUND.  PILOT STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS LEFT IN THE UP POSITION DURING TAKEOFF OPERATIONS.  IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, (STATEMENT ON FILE AT THIS FSDO) THE GEAR HANDLE POSITION WAS WITNESSED BY THE OWNER OF THE FBO THAT HAD CHARGED THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY.

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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