# Incident 20020622027999I: Cessna 177RG, Harrisonville, MO, June 22, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2002, 18:00 local time
- Place: Harrisonville, MO
- Airport: Lawrence Smith Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6102° N, 94.3435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAWRENCE SMITH MEML (LRY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6102&lon=-94.3435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8971M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8971M) (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: 265 total, 129 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020622027999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TWO PREVIOUS UNEVENTFUL LANDINGS, THE PIC LANDED N8971M WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION ON RUNWAY 17 OA6. POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED EXCESSIVE WEAR TO THE SAFETY MECHANISM IN THE GEAR HANDLE THAT ALLOWED THE SWITCH TO MOVE WITH ONLY LIGHT PRESSURE EXERTED. THE PIC BELIEVES HE BUMPED THE GEAR SWITCH WHILE ADJUSTING THE TRIM OR THROTTLE ON SHORT FINAL. HE DID NOT HEAR A GEAR WARNING HORN UNTIL POWER WAS REDUCED DURING THE FLARE, AND WAS RELUCTANT TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND. DAMAGE TO N8971M, THE PROPERTY OF THE PIC, WAS LIMITED TO BOTH PROPELLERS AND BELLY SKIN SCRAPES. THE PIC (ONLY OCCUPANT) WAS NOT INJURED. PIC COUNSELED WITH REGARD TO VERIFICATION OF LANDING CONFIGURATION PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, AND TO QUESTION ANY SYSTEMS THAT APPEAR NOT TO FUNCTION AS DESIGNED. THIS INCIDENT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N8971M (1)

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

- [Incident 20021106034829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021106034829I), Nov 6, 2002: Cessna 177RG (N8971M), Olathe, KS, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reports departing new Century, Kansas (ixd) around 17:26 CST and returning 45 minutes later. On downwind for runway 35, landing gear handle was…

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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