# Incident 20020921027979I: Cessna 177RG, Columbia, IL, September 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2002, 19:03 local time
- Place: Columbia, IL
- Airport: Columbia Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4581° N, 90.2160° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4581&lon=-90.2160&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8244G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8244G) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 413 total, 10 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020921027979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH TO CPS, PILOT NOTICED THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO JAR THE NOSE GEAR LOOSE TO NO AVAIL. HE ELECTED TO RETURN TO SACKMAN FIELD, COLUMBIA, IL AND LAND WITH ALL LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. MADE A GEAR-UP LANDING AT SACKMAN. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED VERY MINOR DAMAGE CONSISTING OF DAMAGE TO ANTENNAE, STEP AND PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N8244G (1)

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

- [Incident 20020108002559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020108002559I), Jan 8, 2002: Cessna 177RG (N8244G), Fallscity, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that while at cruise altitude (7500 feet) the propeller over speeded exceeding red line. Engine was shut off. Pilot made emergency landing.…

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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