# Incident 20210405018449I: Cessna 177RG, Wilmington, DE, April 5, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2021, 15:30 local time
- Place: Wilmington, DE
- Airport: New Castle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6787° N, 75.6066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CASTLE (ILG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6787&lon=-75.6066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2768V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2768V) (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: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210405018449I

## Narrative

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

AT APPOXIMATELY 1930Z, PILOT DEPARTED AND AFTER SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE UP, NOTICED HE DID NOT HAVE AN AMBER LIGHT INDICATING THE GEAR WAS UP AND LOCKED.  THE PILOT THEN VIEWED THE MAIN GEAR IN TRAIL.  HE SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND COULD HEAR THE NOSE GEAR CYLCLE DOWN AND LOCK AS THE MAIN GEAR CONTINUED IN TRAIL.  USING THE PILOTS OPERATING HANDBOOK, THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION BUT THE LANDING GEAR STILL WOULD NOT EXTEND TO THE DOWN AND LOCK POSITION.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO PERFORM A GEAR UP LANDING PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS TO MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE.  THE MIXTURE WAS PULLED ON SHORT FINAL TO SECURE ENGINE, AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH PROPELLER STILL WINDMILLING.  DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF A PROPSTRIKE, TWO LOWER ANTENNAS SHEARED OFF, EXHAUST TIP BENT AND MINOR LOWER ENGINE COWLING DAMAGE.  AN INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR FOUND GOUGING ON MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTOR GEAR AND BOTH BOLTS SHEARED RETAINING THE RETRACTOR GEAR IN PLACE, AND CHIPPED AND DAMAGED TEETH ON LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR  PINION SECTOR GEARS.

## Other reports on N2768V (1)

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

- [Incident 19791129045189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791129045189I), Nov 29, 1979: Cessna 177RG (N2768V), Albany, NY. Voltage regulator burned out during cruise, burning odor entered cockpit. Paperwork not in order.

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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