# Incident 20050416014309I: Cessna 177RG, Kalamazoo, MI, April 16, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2005, 15:30 local time
- Place: Kalamazoo, MI
- Airport: Kalamazoo County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2752° N, 85.5885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalamazoo, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2752&lon=-85.5885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52908, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52908) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,420 total, 369 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050416014309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 4/16/05, THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RIVERVIEW AIRPORT AND ENROUTE TO GRR AIRPORT GIVING RIDE TO YOUNG EAGLE. DURING TAKE OFF THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG NOISE WHEN HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO GRR AIRPORT, DURING APPROACH THE PILOT NOTICED THE TWO MAIN LANDING GEARS DID NOT COME DOWN AND NO LIGHT INDICATION. HE DECIDED TO GO AZO AIRPORT AND ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, BUT FAILED. HE THEN TRIED TO RETRACT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND PROCEEDED WITH THE EMERGENCY CHECK PROCEDURE, AND ATTEMPTED THE GEAR UP LANDING WITH MINIMUM DAMAGE AND NO PERSONAL INJURY. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AT KALAMAZOO AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY AT 15:30 HOURS ON 4/16/05.

## Other reports on N52908 (3)

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

- [Incident 20220409004589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220409004589I), Apr 9, 2022: Cessna 177RG (N52908), Granbury, TX, Minor damage. On April 9, 2022, at approximately 2050 central daylight time, a Cessna 177RG, N52908, turned off the taxiway into a ditch near the approach end of runway 19…
- [Incident 20210131000369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210131000369I), Jan 31, 2021: Cessna 177RG (N52908), Amarillo, TX, Minor damage. On January 31, 2021, at 1500 CST, approximately, a 1977 Cessna cardinal CE-177RG, bearing N52908, serial number 177RG1306, registered to a private owner,…
- [Incident 19810519039079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810519039079I), May 19, 1981: Cessna 177RG (N52908), Kalamazoo, MI, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend gear.

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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