# Incident 20160707011829I: Cessna 177RG, Abilene, TX, July 7, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2016, 19:25 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Airport: Abilene Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4113° N, 99.6819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABILENE RGNL (ABI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4113&lon=-99.6819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2759V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2759V) (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, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160707011829I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 7, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1925 CDT, N2759V, A CESSNA 177RG WAS INVOLVED IN A GEAR UP LANDING AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT (ABI).  AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH AND PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN.  THE GEAR ONLY EXTENDED PARTIALLY AND WOULD NOT LOCK INTO FULL DOWN POSITION.  PILOT REPORTED SMELLING HYDRAULIC FLUID AND THEN TRIED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE GEAR.  NO HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WOULD BUILD IN THE SYSTEM. PILOT THEN CIRCLED THE AIRPORT TO BURN OFF FUEL.  THE PILOT MADE TWO LOW PASSES OVER RUNWAY 22 BUT DECIDED IT WAS SAFER TO USE RUNWAY 17L DUE TO WINDS.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER CFR 91 FLIGHT RULES AS AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY FLIGHT.

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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