# Incident 20060802014839I: Cessna 177RG, Palo Alto, CA, August 2, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2006, 12:05 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3965° N, 122.1431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palo Alto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3965&lon=-122.1431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26WG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26WG-2021-05-06) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060802014839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT ON 08/02/06 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:10 PDT, A STUDENT AND HER INSTRUCTOR WERE CONDUCTING PATTERN WORK AT SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SJC). ON THE DOWNWIND LEG FOR RUNWAY 29, THE GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED DOWN AND BOTH STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR HEARD A "LOUD CRACK." THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT FULLY EXTEND AND WE DID NOT GET A DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION ON THE PANEL." THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM IN ACCORDANCE TO THE CESSNA PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK TO NO AVAIL. AFTER DISCUSSING THEIR OPTIONS, THEY ELECTED TO RETURN TO THEIR HOME AIRPORT, PALO ALTO (PAO). WHILE OVER PAO THEY DECIDED TO DUMP FUEL TO THE GREATEST EXTEND POSSIBLE AS ADVISED IN THE PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK. THE INSTRUCTOR (PIC) ALSO DECIDED IT WOULD BE BEST IF HE LANDED THE AIRPLANE. ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 31 AT PAO, THE STUDENT SHUT DOWN ALL THE AIRCRAFT ELECTRONICS. AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL, THE INSTRUCTOR TURNED OFF THE FUEL SELECTOR AND PULLED THE MIXTURE TO IDLE-CUTOFF. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE PALO ALTO FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ON-SCENE ANDRESPONDED ACCORDINGLY.

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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