# Incident 20080530835069I: Cessna 177RG, Ocala, FL, May 30, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2008, 21:00 local time
- Place: Ocala, FL
- Airport: Ocala International-Jim Taylor Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1719° N, 82.2241° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCALA INTL-JIM TAYLOR FLD (OCF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1719&lon=-82.2241&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1897Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1897Q) (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: 400 total, 70 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080530835069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 30, 2008 AT 2100 HOURS EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 177, ASEL, N1879Q, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND OPERATED BY PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ UNDER FAR PART 91, LANDED THIS AIRCRAFT GEAR UP UPON LANDING AT OCALA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (OCF) RUNWAY 36 OCALA, FLORIDA.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRPLANE SUBSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM VENICE (VNC) FLORIDA JUST 1 HOUR PRIOR.

## Other reports on N1897Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19990910029969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990910029969I), Sep 10, 1999: Cessna 177RG (N1897Q), Brighton, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated aircraft lost lift as he flared and landed hard nose down.
- [Incident 19940611022759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940611022759I), Jun 11, 1994: Cessna 177RG (N1897Q), Columbia, MO, Minor damage. Hydraulic nose gear line b nut failed. Depleted system. Landed nose gear up. Flat nose gear strut ruptured line.

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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