# Incident 20060427006069I: Cessna 177RG, Marathon, FL, April 27, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2006, 10:30 local time
- Place: Marathon, FL
- Airport: Marathon Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.7323° N, 81.0251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marathon, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.7323&lon=-81.0251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2043Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2043Q) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 250 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060427006069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N2043Q WAS 1 1/2 MILES OUT ON FINAL APPROACH TO MARATHON AIRPORT (KMTH), FLORIDA. NO GREEN LIGHT INDICATION WAS OBSERVED IN COCKPIT AFTER EXTENDING LANDING GEAR. ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES AND HAND PUMP GEAR DOWN WITHOUT SUCCESS. CONTACTED GROUND RADIO FOR VERIFICATION THAT NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS HUNG UP. PERFORMED LANDING WITH NOSE GEAR HUNG CONDITION. PILOT WAS ABLE TO KEEP NOSE OF AIRCRAFT UP LONG ENOUGH TO AVOID STRIKING GROUND WITH PROP. NO INJURIES OCCURRED. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WITH NOSE SCRAPING GROUND AND BENT LANDING GEAR DOOR. ADDITIONALLY, NOSE GEAR UPPER TORQUE LINK WAS DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N2043Q (4)

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

- [Incident 20180213000099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180213000099I), Feb 13, 2018: Cessna 177RG (N2043Q), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. On febraury 13, 2018 at approximately 2030 EST, a Cessna 177RG aircraft, N2043Q sustained minor damage while landing without the main landing gear down and…
- [Incident 19991228038299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991228038299I), Dec 28, 1999: Cessna 177RG (N2043Q), Angleton, TX, Minor damage. (-5) While attempting to land the aircraft, the pilot could not get a gear safe indication. The ATP rated pilot noticed, by looking out the side window of the…
- [Incident 19920609022589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920609022589I), Jun 9, 1992: Cessna 177RG (N2043Q), Hamilton, OH. Engine failure. Forced landing in a field. Found connecting rod broken.
- [Incident 19800505050869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800505050869I), May 5, 1980: Cessna 177RG (N2043Q), Darrtown, OH, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed due to hard landing.

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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