# Incident 20200528008159I: Cessna 177RG, Prineville, OR, May 28, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2020, 15:45 local time
- Place: Prineville, OR
- Airport: Prineville Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2883° N, 120.9056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRINEVILLE (S39), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2883&lon=-120.9056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35231, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35231) (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: 944 total, 682 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200528008159I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD HYDRAULIC LEAK IN AURORA OREGON AIRPORT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. REFILLED HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR AND DEPARTED FOR HOME AIRPORT OF BEND OREGON. ENROUTE PILOT OBSERVED MAIN GEAR HANGING DOWN. TRIED CYCLING GEAR BUT NO CHANGE. PILOT DIVERTED TO MECHANICS AIRPORT OF PRINEVILLE OREGON. OVER RADIO PILOT AND MECHANIC DISCUSSED OPTIONS, ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION NO CHANGE. DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND GEAR UP. AFTER LANDING UPON INSPECTION HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR WAS FOUND TO BE EMPTY.

## Other reports on N35231 (1)

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

- [Incident 20030301008469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030301008469I), Mar 1, 2003: Cessna 177RG (N35231), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. (-23) Hydraulic gear hose separated from end fitting, causing loss of hydraulic fluid. Unable to lower gear manually. Gear collapsed upon landing. [privacy…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.