# Incident 20191203022529I: Cessna 177RG, Decatur, TX, December 3, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2019, 14:57 local time
- Place: Decatur, TX
- Airport: Decatur Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2542° N, 97.5805° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR MUNI (LUD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2542&lon=-97.5805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8084B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8084B) (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: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,784 total, 189 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191203022529I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 03, 2019, THE PILOT OF CESSNA 172RG N8084B DEPARTED KFTW TO PRACTICE FLIGHT MANEUVERS.  THE PILOT WENT TO KLUD AND PERFORMED MULTIPLE LANDINGS (2 TOUCH AND GOES, 4 FULL STOP LANDINGS).  THE PILOT FLEW AROUND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND PREPARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 35.  WHILE TOUCHING DOWN ON RUNWAY 35, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A GEAR UP LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO ITS BELLY, 2 ANTENNAS, AND BOTH ENDS OF THE PROPELLER WERE CURLED INWARDS AT THE TIPS.  THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT VERIFY 3 GREEN LIGHTS FOR THE LANDING GEAR DOWN SEQUENCE PER THE AIRPLANE FLIGHT MANUAL.

## Other reports on N8084B (1)

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

- [Accident 19830506018079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830506018079A), May 6, 1983: Cessna 172 (N8084B), Evansville, IN, Substantial damage. Aircraft ballooned during landing and pilot failed to take appropriate action to salvage landing.

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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