# Incident 20030324005109I: Cessna 177RG, Blytheville, AR, March 24, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2003, 21:55 local time
- Place: Blytheville, AR
- Airport: Blytheville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9404° N, 89.8308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLYTHEVILLE MUNI (HKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9404&lon=-89.8308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1572H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1572H-2020-12-05) (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: 208 total, 56 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030324005109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 03/24/2003, N1572H, CE-177RG DEPARTED (HKA) BLYTHEVILLE MUNICIPAL, UNDER VMC CONDITIONS FOR A 14 CFR PART 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT. ENROUTE TO (SKI) SIKESTON MO. PILOT DETERMINED THAT LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND AND LOCK. PILOT CONTACTED GROUND PERSONNEL FOR ASSISTANCE AND RETURNED TO HKA. SOUTH WEST REGION AND LIT FSDO WERE NOTIFIED PRIOR TO LANDING. AFTER ALL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER GEAR FAILED THE PILOT ACCOMPLISHED A GEAR UP LANDING AT HKA. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, NO INJURIES INCURRED.

## Other reports on N1572H (1)

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

- [Accident 20200311005559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200311005559A), Mar 11, 2020: Cessna 177RG (N1572H), Sterling, MA, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. March 11, 2020, 1506 hours, FAA iic received notice regarding a fatal aircraft accident just north of the Sterling Airport. Aircraft U.S. Registration N1572H,…

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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