# Incident 20100917047699I: Cessna 177RG, Appleton, WI, September 17, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2010, 17:06 local time
- Place: Appleton, WI
- Airport: Outagamie County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2798° N, 88.3883° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Appleton, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2798&lon=-88.3883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7751V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7751V) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 50 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100917047699I

## Narrative

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

DURING PREFLIGHT, CFI DISCOVERED THE GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH IN THE "UP" POSITION.  HE PUT IT IN THE "DOWN" POSITION, THEN TURNED ON BATTERY POWER AND OBSERVED THE INDICATORS SHOWING "DOWN."  THE STUDENT PERFORMED FIVE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS WITHOU INCIDENT, ACCORDING TO THE CFI.  ON THE LAST TAKEOFF THEY NOTED THE GEAR DID NOT INDICATE "UP."  CFI STATED THEY REVIEWED THE MANUAL EXTENSION CHECKLIST AND THEN ACCOMPLISHED IT, VISUALLY NOTING GEAR DOWN. CFI STATED THAT HE DID NOT TRUST THE MANUAL SYSTEM AND THEREFORE CYCLED THE GEAR WITH THE NORMAL SYSTEM.  WHEN "UP," THERE WAS NO GEAR "UP" INDICATION.  DURING SUBSEQUENT EXTENSION, CFI STATED, HE HEARD THE PUMP RUN AND FELT THE GEAR MOVE BUT NOT LOCK DOWN.  THEY DEPARTED THE PATTERN AND MADE ABOUT FOUR MORE ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE GEAR AFTER REVIEWING AFM AND TALKING WITH THEIR A&P MECHANIC AT ATW.  DURING THESE ATTEMPTS, THE BROKEN MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR TANGLED THE ELEVATOR TRIM CABLE AND PULLED ON IT UNTIL IT PARTED, FORCING FULL NOSE-UP TRIM.  PILOT LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR EXTENDED, MAINS RETRACTED.

## Other reports on N7751V (1)

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

- [Accident 20040219008799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040219008799A), Feb 19, 2004: Cessna 177RG (N7751V), Manitowoc, WI, Substantial damage. (-23) N7751V, a CE-177-RG was completing it's runup prior to a CFI flight test when it was struck by N4351V, a CE-195, which was taxiing to parking after…

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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