# Incident 20040805017939I: Cessna 177RG, Missoula, MT, August 5, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2004, 12:18 local time
- Place: Missoula, MT
- Airport: Missoula International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8721° N, 113.9940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Missoula, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8721&lon=-113.9940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1840Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1840Q) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,970 total, 843 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040805017939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES EAST OF AIRPORT, PILOT REPORTED TO MSO TOWER THAT HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH NOSE GEAR. NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. PILOT TRIED TO CYCLE NOSE GEAR BOTH MANUALLY AND NORMALLY, BOTH UNSUCCESSFUL. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 7 WITH MAIN GEAR DOWN AND NO NOSEGEAR. AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED FROM RUNWAY, NOSE GEAR PUMPED DOWN, AND AIRCRAFT TOWED TO NORTHSTAR AVIATION. PILOT INDICATED THAT THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST GEAR-UP LANDING THAT THIS AIRCRAFT HAD SUSTAINED. PILOT LEFT SCENE WITH OTHER PASSENGER BEFORE I COULD INTERVIEW HIM. UPON INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT, NO CAUSAL FACTOR OF INCIDENT COULD BE READILY DETERMINED. (-23 AMENDMENT) APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES EAST OF AIRPORT, PILOT REPORTED TO MSO TOWER THAT HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH NOSE GEAR. NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. PILOT TRIED TO CYCLE NOSE GEAR BOTH NORMALLY AND MANUALLY, BOTH UNSUCCESSFUL. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY, FOLLOWED CHECKLIST AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 7 WITH MAIN GEAR DOWN AND NOSE GEAR UP. AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED FROM RUNWAY, NOSE GEAR PUMPED DOWN, AND AIRCRAFT TOWED TO NORTHSTAR AVIATION.

## Other reports on N1840Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19830304013589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830304013589I), Mar 4, 1983: Cessna 177RG (N1840Q), Wasilla, AK, Minor damage. Pilot stated he was distracted by conversation with his passengers and landed with gear up.
- [Accident 19760611031029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760611031029A), Jun 11, 1976: Cessna 177RG (N1840Q), Aniak, AK. Pax deplaned,walked into prop.

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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