# Accident 20210815013789A: Cessna 177RG, Albuquerque, NM, August 15, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2021, 13:40 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque Sunport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0389° N, 106.6083° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0389&lon=-106.6083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8029G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8029G) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA323) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210815013789A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 15, 2021, AT 1340 MST, A CESSNA 177RG, N8029G, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EXPERIENCED A LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING AT ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL SUNPORT, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, ON AUGUST 14, 2021 AT AROUND 2000 PST.

THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM HAD NO FLUID IN IT BECAUSE THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM RETURN (RETRACT) HOSE WAS LEAKING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR21LA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA323), Aug 15, 2021: Cessna 177RG (N8029G), Albuquerque, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the nose gear hydraulic flex line, which resulted in a loss of hydraulic fluid which prevented the main landing gear from fully extending and locking into place during landing.

## Other reports on N8029G (1)

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

- [Incident 20120715014329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120715014329I), Jul 15, 2012: Cessna 177RG (N8029G), Appleton, WI, Minor damage. After a two hour local flight, the aircraft was returning to Appleton, WI (atw) for landing. The pilot stated that he felt rushed as he prepared to land as he…

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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