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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Caldwell, ID · April 12, 2013

Date
April 12, 2013 · 17:00 local
Place
Caldwell, ID
Airport
Caldwell Industrial
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N177UP
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
246 total44 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot in command was practicing touch-and-goes using left hand traffic pattern for runway 12. There were two other aircraft in the pattern at the same time. The pilot had to use the hand held microphone to communicate with other traffic due to push to talk switch on the yoke was intermittent. The pilot was not accustomed to using the hand held microphone.

While observing the other traffic and staying clear of each other, the check list step for gear down was missed leading to a gear up landing.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GOES USING LEFT HAND TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 12. THERE WERE TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN AT THE SAME TIME. THE PILOT HAD TO USE THE HAND HELD MICROPHONE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER TRAFFIC DUE TO PUSH TO TALK SWITCH ON THE YOKE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE PILOT WAS NOT ACCUSTOMED TO USING THE HAND HELD MICROPHONE.

WHILE OBSERVING THE OTHER TRAFFIC AND STAYING CLEAR OF EACH OTHER, THE CHECK LIST STEP FOR GEAR DOWN WAS MISSED LEADING TO A GEAR UP LANDING.