# Incident 20040921023609I: Cessna 177RG, Mesa, AZ, September 21, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2004, 14:28 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1875Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 10 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040921023609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE CONDUCTING A MAINT. TEST FLT. @ FFZ, THE PILOT (MECHANIC/PASSENGER AS WITNESS) COULD NOT GET THE NOSE L/G TO EXTEND AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS (HYD. & HAND PUMP). THE PILOT SET-UP TO MAKE AN "EMERGENCY LANDING" ON RUNWAY 22L @ FFZ WITH THE NOSE L/G RETRACTED, MAIN L/G'S EXTENDED NORMALLY. UPON TOUCHDOWN ON THE MAIN L/G'S, EMERGENCY FUEL SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES WERE IMMEDIATELY ACCOMPLISHED BY THE MECHANIC/PASSENGER. THE A/C SKIDDED ON ITS NOSE (MAIN L/G'S EXTENDED NORMALLY) TO A FULL STOP. OCCUPANT(S) INJURIES AMOUNTED TO, AND WERE LIMITED TO, MUSCLE SORENESS. THERE WAS NO POST-EVENT FIRE.

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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