# Incident 20170129000619I: Cessna 177RG, Pensacola, FL, January 29, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2017, 15:28 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4410° N, 87.1912° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pensacola, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4410&lon=-87.1912&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8049G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8049G) (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: 3,521 total, 18 in this make and model, 183 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170129000619I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 29, 2017 ON A RETURN FLIGHT FROM BAY MINNETTE, AL (1R8) TO PENSACOLA, FL (PNS) THE ASSISTANT CHIEF INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND A CFI FOR SKYWARRIOR FLIGHT TRAINING WERE ON A FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT. THEY PROCEEDED TO DO A TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 26 AT PNS WITH THE CFI IN THE RIGHT SEAT CONTROLLING THE AIRCRAFT AND LOWERING THE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO CLIMB OUT WITH THE GEAR BEING RAISED. THE PIC (ASST CHIEF INSTRUCTOR) BEGAN HAVING AN INTERCOM SYSTEM ISSUE. THE PILOT LOST COMUNICATION AND THE CFI'S INTERCOM BECAME INTERMITTENT. THE PIC ASKED THE CFI TO REQUEST A FULL STOP LANDING FROM THE TOWER. THE INTERCOM SYSTEM ISSUE CONTINUED AND THE CFI HEARD THE TOWER CLEAR THEM FOR THE FULL STOP LANDING. THE CFI WAS MANIPULATING THE CONTROLS WHILE THE PILOT CONTINUED TO TRY AND FIX THE INTERCOM ISSUE. THE CFI LOWERED THE FLAPS AND LINED UP FOR LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE CENTERLINE AND THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES TO CREW. AIRCRAFT PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED ALONG WITH BELLY SKIN DAMAGE FROM THE ENGINE COWLING TO THE AFT TIEDOWN. ALL LOWER ANTENNA WERE REMOVED ON LANDING.

## Other reports on N8049G (2)

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

- [Incident 19980925038859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980925038859I), Sep 25, 1998: Cessna 177RG (N8049G), Birmingham, AL, Minor damage. (-5) Pilot stated he was practicing short field take-offs and landings. On his second landing he forgot to put the gear down. Pilot was counseled on scene.
- [Incident 19931101041559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931101041559I), Nov 1, 1993: Cessna 177RG (N8049G), Birmingham, AL, Minor damage. Pilot was unable to lock gear down or up. Landed at Birmingham with landing gear in transit.

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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