# Incident 20120829017759I: Cessna 177RG, Big Spring, TX, August 29, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2012, 14:30 local time
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2383° N, 101.4857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Spring, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2383&lon=-101.4857&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177TM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N177TM) (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: 2,343 total, 147 in this make and model, 199 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120829017759I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 29, 2012, THE INSTRUCTOR  AND STUDENT DEPARTED BIG SPRING AIRPORT (BPG) AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 CDT IN A CESSNA CE-177-RG.  ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTOR, THE PLAN OF ACTION WAS TO REMAIN WITHIN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT BPG AND PERFORM TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS.  THEY HAD PRACTICED SEVERAL LANDINGS BEFORE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.  BOTH THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT FAILED TO NOTICE THE GEAR WAS STILL RETRACTED UNTIL AFTER THE TOUCH DOWN.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAMGE TO THE BELLY AND THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER PERSON ON BOARD.

## Other reports on N177TM (2)

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

- [Incident 20080827844979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080827844979I), Aug 27, 2008: Cessna 177RG (N177TM), Carlsbad, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) After starting the aircraft up, the pilot realized that he had not removed the wheel chocks. The pilot exited the aircraft with the engine running,…
- [Incident 20040305001879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040305001879I), Mar 5, 2004: Cessna 177RG (N177TM), Carlsbad, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot rented aircraft from a local fixed base operator and intended on leaving on a night time, long cross country flight. A VFR flight plan was filed.…

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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