# Incident 20100623035849I: Cessna 177RG, Midland, TX, June 23, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2010, 10:15 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9973&lon=-102.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1831Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1831Q) (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: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,200 total, 250 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100623035849I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 23, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 14:20 UTC, N1831Q, A CESSNA 177 RG WAS OPERATED TO PERFORM AN INSTRUMENT TRAINING FLIGHT WITH A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND A STUDENT PILOT (SP).  THE SP COMPLETED THE PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST AND NOTICED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) WAS NOT EXTENDED ON THE BACK COURSE OF APPROACH 28 AT MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MAF), LOCATED IN MIDLAND, TEXAS.  THE SP THEN RECYCLED THE GEAR WITH NO SUCCESS.  SINCE THE PLANE IS BASED AT SKYWEST AIRPORT (7T7) LOCATED IN MIDLAND, TEXAS THE CFI CANCELED THE APPROACH INTO MAF AND PROCEEDED TO 7T7.AT 7T7 THE SP RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR ELECTRICALLY TWO MORE TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS.  BETWEEN ONE OF THE ATTEMPTS, THE CFI PLACED THE PLANE IN A 2G LOAD AS THE GEAR WAS BEING EXTENDED; THE NLG REMAINED IN THE WHEEL WELL.  THE SP ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE GEAR AND THE NLG REMAINED IN THE WHEEL WELL.  THE CFI'S FINAL OPTION WAS TO BOUNCE THE PLANE ON RUNWAY 16 AND PERFORMED A GO AROUND, THE NLG FAILED TO EXTEND.  AT APPROXIMATELY 15:15 UTC CFI LANDED THE PLANE ON RUNWAY 16, THE STUDENT PILOT PULLED THE MIXTURE CONTROL AND THE PLANE SLID APPROXIMATELY 53 YARDS AND CAME TO A STOP 4 FEET OFF RUNWAY CENTERLINE.

## Other reports on N1831Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20061112024379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061112024379I), Nov 12, 2006: Cessna 177RG (N1831Q), Palm Springs, CA, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft's left wingtip struck an airfield light pole during taxi to runway.

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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