# Incident 20180102000409I: Cessna 177RG, Scappoose, OR, January 2, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2018, 18:35 local time
- Place: Scappoose, OR
- Airport: Scappoose Industrial Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7710° N, 122.8620° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Scappoose Industrial Airpark (SPB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7710&lon=-122.8620&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33296, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33296) (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, 336 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180102000409I

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION: ON 1/2/2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 18:35, N33296 LANDED AT THE SCAPPOOSE INDUSTRIAL AIRPARK (KSBP) WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.

THE PILOT OF N33296 WAS CONDUCTING A NIGHT CURRENCY FLIGHT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF 14 CFR PART 91.57(B)(1).  ON THE LAST TRIP AROUND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE PILOT OF N33296 ENGAGED IN A CONVERSATION OVER THE RADIO WITH THE PILOT OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT.  THE CONVERSATION DISTRACTED THE PILOT OF N33296 AND HE FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADE TIPS BEND BACKWARDS.

CAUSAL OR CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: THE DISTRACTION OF THE PILOT FROM OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PILOT?S OPERATING HANDBOOK IS THE PRIMARY CAUSAL FACTOR.  WITH THE AIRCRAFT ON JACKS AND THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM TESTED, IT WAS DETERMINED BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL THAT THE LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEM DID NOT PROVIDE AN INTERMITTENT AUDIBLE TONE WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS MOVED TO A POSITION THAT WOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE OF LESS THAN 12 INCHES OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE.

THE SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR ON A CAM ON THE THROTTLE LINKAGE THAT CONTACTS A ROLLER SWITCH TO ACTIVATE THE AUDIBLE WARNING TONE IF THE LANDING GEAR IS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED.  OTHER THAN THE LACK OF THE AUDIBLE TONE, THE LANDING GEAR FUNCTIONED APPROPRIATELY.

## Other reports on N33296 (1)

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

- [Incident 20241209018629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241209018629I), Dec 9, 2024: Cessna 177RG (N33296), Redmond, OR, Minor damage. Aircraft [privacy data omitted], a Cessna 177RG sn 177RG0946, departed rdm for S33 at approximately 1045 on 12/09/2024 with the intention to practice landings…

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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