# Incident 20080430847369I: Cessna 177RG, Griffith, IN, April 30, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2008, 13:00 local time
- Place: Griffith, IN
- Airport: Griffith-Merrillville
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5198° N, 87.3995° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRIFFITH-MERRILLVILLE (05C), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5198&lon=-87.3995&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8208G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8208G) (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 IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080430847369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE FLEW A NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN AND FINAL APPROACH WITH FLAPS AT 20 DEGREES.  PILOT STATED HE PERFORMED A GUMP CHECK AND CHECK THE LANDING GEAR POSITION 3 TIMES.  AT ABOUT 4', OVER THE NUMBERS, HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT SINK.  HE ADDED POWER AND FLEW FURTHER DOWN THE RUWAY.  ABOUT THE TIME HE EXPECTED TO TOUCH DOWN HE FELT A SEVERE SHAKING OF THE AIRCRAFT.  HE PULLED BACK ON THE CONTROL WHEEL THINKING HE MAY HAVE LOST A WHEEL.  HE THEN HEARD AND FELT A "BAM, BAM BAM" AND THE PROP STOPPED VERTICAL.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO STOP, ON ITS BELLY, SLIGHTLY OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AT 45 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE RUNWAY HEADING.  PROPELLER MARKS ON THE RUNWAY ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PILOT'S STATEMENT REGARDING A "SEVERE SHAKING" AND THEN PULLING BACK ON THE CONTROL WHEEL AND THEN HEARING THE "BAM, BAM, BAM."  THE PROPELLER MARKS START APPROXIMATELY 2000' FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUE FOR APPROXIMATELY 100' THEN CEASE FOR APPROXIMATELY 20', A REAPPEAR AND CONTINUE, GRADUALLY GROWING FAINTER.  THERE ARE NO SCUFF MARKS ON THE TIRES OR SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY THAT WOULD INDICATE AN INTRANSIENT, PARTIALLY EXTENDED (RETRACTED) LANDING GEAR.  LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES.  THE LANDING GEAR OPERATED SMOOTHLY, WITHOUT HESITATION AND LOCKED INTO THE SELECTED POSITION.  INITIALLY THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN DID NOT OPERATE WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP AND LOCKED POSITION AND THE THROTTLE RETARDED TO IDLE.  A MECHANIC MANIPULTED THE MECHANISM AT THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE WARNING HORN SOUNDED EACH TIME THE THROTTLE WAS RETARDED TO IDLE.

## Other reports on N8208G (2)

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

- [Incident 20120407007059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120407007059I), Apr 7, 2012: Cessna 177RG (N8208G), Kenosha, WI, Minor damage. On roll out after landing, the nose landing gear collapsed.
- [Incident 19850714074769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850714074769I), Jul 14, 1985: Cessna 177RG (N8208G), Crescent City, CA. Entered control zone while IFR conditions existed. Special issued after IFR traffic landed.

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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