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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Anchorage, AK · July 1, 2009

Date: July 1, 2009 · 14:50 local
Place: Anchorage, AK
Airport: Merrill Field
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator: ELLS
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N52675
Reported as: Cessna 177RG
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,200 total300 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N52675Registration cancelled Nov 13, 2014 · Cessna 177RGS/N 177RG1244 · 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.

Both pilots stated they were on a 14CFR part 91 instruction flight that departed mri. The CFI student demonstrated gear emergency procedures when the main gear failed to extend and lock. All attempts to lower the gear using the emergency checklist failed. They elected to land in the grass adjacent to rwy 35 at mri after declaring an emergency. Emergency equipment was standing by. The gear collapsed completely on landing. Damage was limited to propeller, tailpipe, cowl, and several antennas on the belly of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

BOTH PILOTS STATED THEY WERE ON A 14CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTION FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED MRI. THE CFI STUDENT DEMONSTRATED GEAR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WHEN THE MAIN GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND AND LOCK. ALL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST FAILED. THEY ELECTED TO LAND IN THE GRASS ADJACENT TO RWY 35 AT MRI AFTER DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS STANDING BY. THE GEAR COLLAPSED COMPLETELY ON LANDING. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO PROPELLER, TAILPIPE, COWL, AND SEVERAL ANTENNAS ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT.