# Incident 20221224018719I: Cessna 177RG, St. George, UT, December 24, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2022, 13:35 local time
- Place: St. George, UT
- Airport: St George Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0364° N, 113.5103° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST GEORGE RGNL (SGU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0364&lon=-113.5103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35833, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35833) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221224018719I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 24, 2022, THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXCITED TO GIVE HIS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A SPUR OF THE MOMENT FLIGHT.  SINCE HIS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAKING GROUND SCHOOL LESSONS AND INTERESTED IN FLYING HE STARTED EXPLAINING HOW TO FLY.  WHILE IN THE PATTERN TO LAND, THE PILOT WAS CAUGHT UP AND FOCUSED ON EXPLAINING ABOUT FLYING AIRSPEEDS, TRIMMING THE AIRPLANE, ETC., AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR, AND LANDED GEAR UP

## Other reports on N35833 (1)

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

- [Incident 19990604014919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990604014919I), Jun 4, 1999: Cessna 177RG (N35833), La Verne, CA, Minor damage. Pilot stated the aircraft had just come out of maintenance and he was performing a maintenance completion flight. Pilot intended to stay in the pattern, with…

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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