# Incident 20020615015909I: Cessna 177RG, Van Nuys, CA, June 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2002, 15:16 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N7502V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7502V) (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: 1,350 total, 700 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020615015909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT FAILED TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN WHILE LANDING AT VAN NUYS AIRPORT (VNY), VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA WHICH RESULTED IN A GEAR UP LANDING. PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND THAT ALL AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS WERE WORKING PROPERLY.

## Other reports on N7502V (1)

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

- [Incident 19790304018769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790304018769I), Mar 4, 1979: Cessna 177RG (N7502V), Magnolia, DE, Minor damage. Nose gear could not be extended for landing. Cause not reported.

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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