# Incident 20121023024729I: Cessna 177RG, Merritt Island, FL, October 23, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2012, 11:50 local time
- Place: Merritt Island, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N223TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N223TS-2013-05-14) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 321 total, 19 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121023024729I

## Narrative

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

THE ACFT LANDED GEAR-UP WHILE LANDING ON RWY 11, AFTER A PREVIOUS ABORTED LDG AND GO-AROUND. THE PVT PLT REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: HE WAS RETURNING FROM A NEARBY PRACTICE AREA AFTER PRACTICING COMMERCIAL PLT MANEUVERS, WHEN HE EXPERIENCED CHANGING CROSSWIND CONDITIONS ON HIS 1ST LDG ATTEMPT. HE THEN INITIATED A GO AROUND WITH THE INTENTION OF LEAVING THE GEAR DOWN. ON THE 2ND LDG ATTEMPT, HE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND THOUGHT HE PERFORMED A 'GUMP' CHECK ON FINAL, BUT INADVERTENTLY LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N223TS (1)

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

- [Incident 20050516014199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050516014199I), May 16, 2005: Cessna 177RG (N223TS), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Incident occurred on 05/16/2005 at 23:18 EST. This office was notified at 23:45 EST and on scene at 00:15 EST (05/17/2005). On arrival, aircraft was…

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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