# Incident 20020728020619I: Cessna 177RG, Dayton, OH, July 28, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2002, 16:00 local time
- Place: Dayton, OH
- Airport: Moraine Air Park Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6821° N, 84.2400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORAINE AIR PARK (I73), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6821&lon=-84.2400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2002Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2002Q) (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: 2,100 total, 60 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020728020619I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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