# Incident 20050605010079I: Cessna 177RG, El Monte, CA, June 5, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2005, 14:30 local time
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Airport: El Monte Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0746° N, 118.0291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Monte, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0746&lon=-118.0291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7972V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7972V) (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: 2,500 total, 1,752 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050605010079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 5, 2005, CESSNA 177RG, N7972V WHILE ON APPROACH TO LAND AT EL MONTE AIRPORT, EL MONTE CA, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND THE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. FOLLOWING NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO CYCLE THE GEAR, THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED THE MANUAL PUMP. THE GEAR AGAIN FAILED TO EXTEND TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. A HELICOPTER FLEW BY THE AIRCRAFT AND VERIFIED THAT THE MAINS WERE DOWN BUT TRAILING AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON THE INTERMEDIATE TAXIWAY GEAR UP. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND THAT THE NOSE GEAR DOWN HYDRAULIC LINE FAILED AT THE BULKHEAD END DUMPING ALL HYDRAULIC FLUID. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY SKIN AND BOTH PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT, NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED AND THE GEAR MANUALLY EXTENDED AND WAS TOWED TO THE OWNERS HANGAR.

## Other reports on N7972V (1)

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

- [Accident 19760603013769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760603013769A), Jun 3, 1976: Cessna 177RG (N7972V), Gardner, KS, Substantial damage. Plt rptd he did not use the check list.

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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