# Incident 20220607012179I: Cessna 177RG, Byron, CA, June 7, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2022, 14:02 local time
- Place: Byron, CA
- Airport: Byron
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8284° N, 121.6258° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BYRON (C83), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8284&lon=-121.6258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2103Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2103Q-2024-12-07) (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: 7,289 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220607012179I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE POINT OF DEPARTURE WAS THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT AND THE INTENDED DESTINATION WAS THE LODI AIRPORT.  IT WAS A RE-POSITION FLIGHT FOR MAINTENANCE (ANNUAL INSPECTION).  DURING THE ENROUTE PHASE OF THE FLIGHT, HE EXPERIENCED HIS PASSENGER DOOR OPEN.  HE DIVERTED TO THE BYRON AIRPORT TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.  HE STATED THAT HE FOLLOWED ALL NON-TOWERED AIRPORT PROCEDURES AND AFTER RECEIVING THE AWOS, ELECTED TO USE RUNWAY 12.  ALTHOUGH WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS HAD BEEN REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT PER THE -9 ACCIDENT FORM, HE STATED THAT THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS.  HE ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC REPORTING OVER THE COMM RADIOS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN/TERMINAL ENVIRONMENT.  I ASKED HIM IF HE FELT THE APPROACH WAS STABILIZED AND HE RESPONDED YES.  AS HE TRANSITIONED FROM THE FINAL APPROACH PHASE IN TO THE FLARE, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED UPON TOUCHDOWN AND UNCOMMANDEDLY VEERED TO THE LEFT.  THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND A PROP STRIKE OCCURRED.

## Other reports on N2103Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19781201021779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781201021779I), Dec 1, 1978: Cessna 177RG (N2103Q), San Carlos, CA, Minor damage. Pilot unalbe to extend nose gear for landing. Landed with nose gear up. Nose gear was rigged too tight.

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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