# Incident 20041117028589I: Cessna 177RG, Florence, SC, November 17, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2004, 17:01 local time
- Place: Florence, SC
- Airport: Florence Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1854° N, 79.7239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLORENCE RGNL (FLO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1854&lon=-79.7239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45248, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45248) (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: 2,903 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041117028589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 19 AT THE FLORENCE REGIONAL AIRPORT (FLO) IN FLORENCE, SC. PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT LOWER THE GEAR BECAUSE HE WAS DISTRACTED. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS OPERATED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR SKIN DAMAGE TO THE BELLY AND A BENT PROP. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

## Other reports on N45248 (2)

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

- [Incident 19921017047179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921017047179I), Oct 17, 1992: Cessna 177RG (N45248), Gary, IN, Minor damage. Pilot stated he forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.
- [Incident 19880514037709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880514037709I), May 14, 1988: Cessna 177RG (N45248), West Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on the landing roll. Stopped on the runway. Found the landing gear was out of rig.

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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