# Incident 20040214002359I: Cessna 177RG, Indianapolis, IN, February 14, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2004, 17:20 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Greenwood Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27JS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27JS) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040214002359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 14, 2004 N27JS, A CESSNA 177RG OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED GEAR UP AT GREENWOOD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OUT ON A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. HE SAID THAT ON HIS APPROACH TO GREENWOOD HE SMELLED SMOKE (LIKE ELECTRICAL SMOKE). HE SAID HE TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH TO INHIBIT ANY ELECTRICAL FIRE. I ASKED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IF THEN MANUALLY PUMPED THE GEAR DOWN. HE SAID THAT HE DID NOT BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THE GEAR WAS ALREADY DOWN. THE FAA INSPECTOR WHO WAS AT THE SCENE WITHIN AN HOUR AFTER THE EVENT SAID HE DID NOT SMELL ANY EVIDENCE OF AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. AN INVESTIGATION AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO A HANGER FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF ELECTRICAL SHORTS OR BURNED WIRES. A GEAR RETRACTION TEST FOUND THAT THE GEAR WORKED WELL IN ALL MODES AND EVEN IN THE MANUAL MODE.

## Other reports on N27JS (2)

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

- [Incident 20050517013279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050517013279I), May 17, 2005: Cessna 177RG (N27JS), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed on runway 19 at the Greenwood Municipal Airport (hfy) had the nose gear collapse while exiting the runway.
- [Accident 20010815024649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010815024649A), Aug 15, 2001: Cessna 177RG (N27JS), Sikeston, MO, No damage. (-23) Pilot [privacy data omitted] departed Sikeston memorial municipal (sik) rwy 2 with approximately 3 hours of fuel headed to cape girardeau (cgi), for a…

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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