# Incident 20070601010009I: Cessna 177RG, Franklin, NC, June 1, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2007, 15:30 local time
- Place: Franklin, NC
- Airport: Macon County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2223° N, 83.4200° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACON COUNTY (1A5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2223&lon=-83.4200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2140Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2140Q) (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: 920 total, 650 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/20070601010009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE CANCELLED HIS IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND WAS MAKING HIGH APPROACH (7000 MSL) TO RUNWAY 25 AT 1A5. HE STATED, HE HAD A CHECK LIST ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, BUT DID NOT USE IT BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO LAND. HE STATED THAT HE GOT DISTRACTED BY TALKING WITH ANOTHER PILOT WAITING TO DEPART ON RUNWAY 7. HE LANDED GEAR-UP WITH DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, EXHAUST PIPE, AND MINOR SKIN DAMAGE. THE GEAR WAS PUMPED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT TOWED TO THE TIE DOWN PARKING AREA AT 1A5.

## Other reports on N2140Q (2)

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

- [Incident 20110917022419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110917022419I), Sep 17, 2011: Cessna 177RG (N2140Q), Franklin, NC, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Stated that while in the traffic pattern he forgot to lower his landing gear prior to landing. He landed with his landing gear in the up…
- [Incident 19801122086459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801122086459I), Nov 22, 1980: Cessna 177RG (N2140Q), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. B

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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