# Incident 20150418005649I: Cessna 177RG, Austin, TX, April 18, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2015, 09:31 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Austin-Bergstrom
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1945° N, 97.6699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTL (AUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1945&lon=-97.6699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8035G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8035G-2021-10-01) (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: 520 total, 4 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150418005649I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKE OFF, WHILE STILL IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE PILOT NOTICED A WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT FROM BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL THAT SMELLED ELECTRICAL. HE THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND TURNED ON SHORT FINAL TO GET BACK TO THE RUNWAY. THE ENGINE THROTTLE WOULD NOT CLOSE BELOW 1500 RPM. HE STATED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED WITH ALL THAT WAS GOING ON AND FAILED TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES, NO POST FIRE, AND NO DAMAGE TO OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY.

## Other reports on N8035G (2)

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

- [Incident 20151117021019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151117021019I), Nov 17, 2015: Cessna 177RG (N8035G), Austin, TX, Minor damage. Pilot reported gear unsafe light. Tower performed a visual and gear appeared down. Pilot exited pattern to perform emergency checklist procedures followed by…
- [Accident 19871206069569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871206069569A), Dec 6, 1987: Cessna 177RG (N8035G), Great Falls, MT, Minor damage. Pilot injured by propeller while trying to hand start the aircraft. Forgot to turn ignition off. Leg severed at knee

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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