20080530838119I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Smyrna, TN · May 30, 2008

Date
May 30, 2008 · 15:04 local
Place
Smyrna, TN
Airport
Smyrna
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N52944
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,345 total1,318 in this make and model54 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot was participating in a voluntary program to give airplane rides to handicapped children. He departed from Smyrna Airport with two passengers and was landing back at Smyrna Airport. Upon touchdown he realized he had not put his gear down. He landed and kept the aircraft level until the aircraft stopped on the runway. He notified tower he had landed gear up, there were no injuries and tower dispatched fire and rescue. There was no fire, no injuries, minor damage and the aircraft was towed off the runway to the local FBO.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PARTICIPATING IN A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM TO GIVE AIRPLANE RIDES TO HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. HE DEPARTED FROM SMYRNA AIRPORT WITH TWO PASSENGERS AND WAS LANDING BACK AT SMYRNA AIRPORT. UPON TOUCHDOWN HE REALIZED HE HAD NOT PUT HIS GEAR DOWN. HE LANDED AND KEPT THE AIRCRAFT LEVEL UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY. HE NOTIFIED TOWER HE HAD LANDED GEAR UP, THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND TOWER DISPATCHED FIRE AND RESCUE. THERE WAS NO FIRE, NO INJURIES, MINOR DAMAGE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LOCAL FBO.