# Incident 20040305001879I: Cessna 177RG, Carlsbad, CA, March 5, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2004, 21:17 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Airport: Mcclellan-Palomar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1283° N, 117.2801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC CLELLAN-PALOMAR (CRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1283&lon=-117.2801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177TM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N177TM) (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: 333 total, 13 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040305001879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT RENTED AIRCRAFT FROM A LOCAL FIXED BASE OPERATOR AND INTENDED ON LEAVING ON A NIGHT TIME, LONG CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER MINOR MAINTENANCE TO SERVICE THE NOSE STRUT. THE PILOT BELIEVED THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO PERFORM ONE LOCAL PATTERN ORBIT AND MAKE A TOUCH AND GO LANDING BEFORE STARTING THE LONG COUNTRY FLIGHT. DURING THE SHORT FLIGHT, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE BECAME DISTRACTED BY ATC INSTRUCTIONS TO EXTEND HIS DOWNWIND LEG DUE TO OTHER TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN AND THE MIDDLE MARKER BEACON COCKPIT LIGHTS AND AURAL WARNING. HE ELECTED TO USE THE LOCALIZER AS AN ADDITIONAL NAVAID DURING HIS APPROACH TO LANDING. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED ALONG WITH MINOR SHEET METAL SCRAPING ON THE LOWER FUSELAGE. THE PILOT (SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT) WAS NOT INJURED AS A RESULT. THE PILOT HAD LITTLE EXPOSURE TO A RETRACTABLE TYPE LANDING GEAR (COMPLEX) AIRCRAFT DURING NIGHT OPERATIONS. THIS INCIDENT IS NOT RELATED TO ANY NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION REPORTED BY ATC.

## Other reports on N177TM (2)

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

- [Incident 20120829017759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120829017759I), Aug 29, 2012: Cessna 177RG (N177TM), Big Spring, TX, Minor damage. On August 29, 2012, the instructor and student departed Big Spring airport (bpg) at approximately 1300 CDT in a Cessna CE-177-RG. According to the instructor,…
- [Incident 20080827844979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080827844979I), Aug 27, 2008: Cessna 177RG (N177TM), Carlsbad, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) After starting the aircraft up, the pilot realized that he had not removed the wheel chocks. The pilot exited the aircraft with the engine running,…

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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