# Incident 20080423836799I: Cessna 177, San Diego/El C, CA, April 23, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2008, 17:41 local time
- Place: San Diego/El C, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52156, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52156) (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 177
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080423836799I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SEE. WHEN LANDING GEAR WERE RETRACTED, A LOUD BANG WAS OBSERVED. CREW CIRCLED AND ATTEMPTED TO LOWER GEAR. ONCE GEAR WAS EXTENDED, AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR INDICATION (MAIN GEAR) WAS OBSERVED. CREW FLEW AIRCRAFT TO REMOTE AREA AND ATTEMPTED TO LOWER AND LOCK GEAR. GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SEE. AFTER SEVERAL PASSES OVER FIELD, CREW LANDED AIRCRAFT WITH GEAR EXTENDED. MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED BUT NOSE GEAR REMAINED EXTENDED. AIRCRAFT SLID OFF RUNWAY AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING WHEN IT STRUCK A TAXI LIGHT ON THE FIELD SLIGHT DAMAGE WAS ALSO SUSTAINED ON REAR LOWER SURFACE OF THE FUSELAGE. THE ENGINE WAS NOT DAMAGED. NO INJURIES TO CREW. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE MLG ACTUATOR ROD END BEARING FAILED. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WAS GENERATED.

## Other reports on N52156 (1)

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

- [Accident 20250501005159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250501005159A), May 1, 2025: Cessna 177RG (N52156), Grass Valley, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On 05/1/2025 at approximately 08:05 local time, ADS-B track indicates the aircraft departing auburn municipal airport (kaun) heading northeast to Nevada County…

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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