20071021831939I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Bessemer, AL · October 21, 2007

Date: October 21, 2007 · 22:15 local
Place: Bessemer, AL
Airport: Bessemer
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N312DW
Reported as: Cessna 177RG
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 350 total3 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N312DWRegistration cancelled Jun 26, 2018 · Cessna 177RGS/N 177RG1185 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCessna 177RG Engine modelLycoming IO-360-A1B6DReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The PIC privacy data omitted was being trained by CFI privacy data omitted. The two pilots were returning from normal commercial training session and CFI wanted student to conduct simulated engine out landing. Normal pattern entry and no weather involved. Both student and CFI failed to recognize that gear was not extended. Landed aircraft on runway 5 without extending the gear. Propeller came to an immediate stop and aircraft stopped shortly afterwards on runway. Both pilots exited the aircraft unharmed. No damage to airport facilities or lighting.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS BEING TRAINED BY CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE TWO PILOTS WERE RETURNING FROM NORMAL COMMERCIAL TRAINING SESSION AND CFI WANTED STUDENT TO CONDUCT SIMULATED ENGINE OUT LANDING. NORMAL PATTERN ENTRY AND NO WEATHER INVOLVED. BOTH STUDENT AND CFI FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THAT GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. LANDED AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 5 WITHOUT EXTENDING THE GEAR. PROPELLER CAME TO AN IMMEDIATE STOP AND AIRCRAFT STOPPED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS ON RUNWAY. BOTH PILOTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNHARMED. NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT FACILITIES OR LIGHTING.