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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Mesquite, TX · September 28, 2003

Date
September 28, 2003 · 21:55 local
Place
Mesquite, TX
Airport
Phil L Hudson Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2113Q
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
275 total225 in this make and model10 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) Arrived at scene and found minimal damage to aircraft. Propeller tips were turned forward and minor sheetmetal damage to belly. Interviewed pilot at scene. He said that he forgot to place the gear handle in the down position before landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ARRIVED AT SCENE AND FOUND MINIMAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. PROPELLER TIPS WERE TURNED FORWARD AND MINOR SHEETMETAL DAMAGE TO BELLY. INTERVIEWED PILOT AT SCENE. HE SAID THAT HE FORGOT TO PLACE THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION BEFORE LANDING.