# Incident 20210131000369I: Cessna 177RG, Amarillo, TX, January 31, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2021, 15:00 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Tradewind Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1699° N, 101.8259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRADEWIND (TDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1699&lon=-101.8259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52908, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52908) (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: 1,066 total, 476 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210131000369I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 31, 2021, AT 1500 CST, APPROXIMATELY, A 1977 CESSNA CARDINAL CE-177RG, BEARING N52908, SERIAL NUMBER 177RG1306, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER, LANDED TRADEWIND AIRPORT (KTDW) RUNWAY 35 IN AMARILLO, TEXAS, WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN THE UP POSITION. THE PILOT STATED TO THE FAA, HE WAS DISTRACTED. HIS APPROACH WAS HIGH AND HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR WHILE CORRECTING.  THE SINGLE-ENGINE LAND AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER USC TITLE 14 PART 91 RULES. THE PILOT DEPARTED KTDW AND FLEW TO A NEARBY AIRPORT, RIVER FALLS (KH81), TO PRACTICE TOUCH AND GOES AND RETURNED TO THE KTDW AIRPORT WHERE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS.

## Other reports on N52908 (3)

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

- [Incident 20220409004589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220409004589I), Apr 9, 2022: Cessna 177RG (N52908), Granbury, TX, Minor damage. On April 9, 2022, at approximately 2050 central daylight time, a Cessna 177RG, N52908, turned off the taxiway into a ditch near the approach end of runway 19…
- [Incident 20050416014309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050416014309I), Apr 16, 2005: Cessna 177RG (N52908), Kalamazoo, MI, Minor damage. (-23) On 4/16/05, the subject aircraft departed riverview airport and enroute to grr airport giving ride to young eagle. During take off the pilot heard a loud…
- [Incident 19810519039079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810519039079I), May 19, 1981: Cessna 177RG (N52908), Kalamazoo, MI, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend gear.

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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