# Incident 20061124027049I: Cessna 177RG, San Diego, CA, November 24, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2006, 20:15 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1898Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1898Q-2013-08-15) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 9 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061124027049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN HENDERSON, NEVADA AND WAS RETURNING HOME TO MONTGOMERY AIRPORT, SAN DIEGO, AC. OCCUPANTS INCLUDED THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA ^ HIS WIFE AND A DOG. THE ARRIVAL AT MONTGOMERY AIRPORT WAS JUST AFTER SUNDOWN, WITH A MARINE LAYER OBSCURING THE AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT. THE APPROACH WAS IN VFR CONDITIONS AND INCLUDED A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH TO 28R. TRAFFIC WAS POINTED OUT BY THE TOWER AND WAS A HELICOPTER ON A PARALLEL APPROACH FOR 28L. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ BECAME PREOCCUPIED WITH TRYING TO VIEW THE TRAFFIC AND FAILED TO PROPERLY COMPLETE HIS "GUMP" CHECKLIST. HE ADMITS THAT HE FORGOT TO SELECT THE LANDING GEAR LEVER TO THE DOWN POSITION. THE RESULTANT GEAR UP LANDING SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROP TIPS AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED TO A STOP IN A WINGS LEVEL AND UPRIGHT ATTITUDE ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N1898Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19920130005489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920130005489I), Jan 30, 1992: Cessna 177RG (N1898Q), Truckee, CA. Rough engine. Student elected to land. Landed in field short of runway. Found no fuel in fuel tanks.
- [Incident 19820303017679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820303017679I), Mar 3, 1982: Cessna 177RG (N1898Q), Angwin, CA, Minor damage. Landing gear extended partially. Failed to check. Collapsed landing. Low supply of hydraulic fluid.

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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