# Incident 20120715014329I: Cessna 177RG, Appleton, WI, July 15, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2012, 12:10 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: N8029G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8029G) (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: 4,437 total, 200 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120715014329I

## Narrative

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

AFTER A TWO HOUR LOCAL FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO APPLETON, WI (ATW) FOR LANDING.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FELT RUSHED AS HE PREPARED TO LAND AS HE WAS LATE FOR A PERSONAL COMMITMENT LATER IN THE DAY.  THE PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 30.  BOTH THE PILOT AND FRONT SEAT PASSENGER WERE WEARING HEADSETS AND NEITHER RECALLED HEARING THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN SOUND UNTIL THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN.

## Other reports on N8029G (1)

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

- [Accident 20210815013789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210815013789A), Aug 15, 2021: Cessna 177RG (N8029G), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. On August 15, 2021, at 1340 MST, a Cessna 177RG, N8029G, [privacy data omitted], experienced a landing gear malfunction in flight and the main landing gear…

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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