# Incident 20110702012059I: Cessna 177RG, Anderson, IN, July 2, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2011, 08:35 local time
- Place: Anderson, IN
- Airport: Anderson Municipal-Darlington Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1086° N, 85.6130° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Anderson Municipal Darlington Field (AID), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1086&lon=-85.6130&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34502, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34502) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,520 total, 300 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110702012059I

## Narrative

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

AT 0835 EDT ON 7/02/2011 A CESSNA 177RG LANDED ON RUNWAY 12 AT ANDERSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, IN. (AID) WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE AND PROPELLER. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED AND FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE AND WAS ADJUSTING MIXTURE WHILE ON APPROACH AND SIMPLY FORGOT ABOUT THE GEAR AS HE DISCUSSED THE SITUATION WITH HIS PASSENGER. HE DID NOT GET A GEAR WARNING, DUE TO POWER NOT FULLY REDUCED.

## Other reports on N34502 (1)

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

- [Incident 19971121041839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971121041839I), Nov 21, 1997: Cessna 177RG (N34502), Bentonville, AR, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot was distracted from his pre-landing routine on approach into Bentonville by a departing aircraft. After locating the departing aircraft and…

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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