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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Mesa, AZ · August 24, 2003

Date: August 24, 2003 · 13:00 local
Place: Mesa, AZ
Airport: Falcon Field Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1875Q
Reported as: Cessna 177RG
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

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) The pilot noticed an electrical system depletion while flying approx. 40 miles north of ffz. He shut down all unnecessary electrical components until approx. 10 miles north of ffz when he turned on the radio and notified ffz tower of the problem. Ffz tower cleared N1875Q to land. Upon touchdown the nose of the a/c being lowered, the prop struck the ground. The pilot immediately raised the nose which "locked" the nose gear, and the subsequent roll-out was uneventful. The only damage to the a/c was the prop. No injuries to personnel in cockpit, no fire.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT NOTICED AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DEPLETION WHILE FLYING APPROX. 40 MILES NORTH OF FFZ. HE SHUT DOWN ALL UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS UNTIL APPROX. 10 MILES NORTH OF FFZ WHEN HE TURNED ON THE RADIO AND NOTIFIED FFZ TOWER OF THE PROBLEM. FFZ TOWER CLEARED N1875Q TO LAND. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE OF THE A/C BEING LOWERED, THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY RAISED THE NOSE WHICH "LOCKED" THE NOSE GEAR, AND THE SUBSEQUENT ROLL-OUT WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE A/C WAS THE PROP. NO INJURIES TO PERSONNEL IN COCKPIT, NO FIRE.