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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Dayton, OH · July 28, 2002

Date
July 28, 2002 · 16:00 local
Place
Dayton, OH
Airport
Moraine Air Park Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2002Q
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,100 total60 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft departed fld en route to I73 Moraine air park Ohio. One hour into the flight the pilot heard a loud pop and saw the main landing gear was no longer in the up position. An attempt was made to lower the gear both in normal and emergency without result. The pilot made an emergency landing with minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FLD EN ROUTE TO I73 MORAINE AIR PARK OHIO. ONE HOUR INTO THE FLIGHT THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD POP AND SAW THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS NO LONGER IN THE UP POSITION. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO LOWER THE GEAR BOTH IN NORMAL AND EMERGENCY WITHOUT RESULT. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.