# Incident 20231022019029I: Cessna 177RG, Coalinga, CA, October 22, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2023, 13:40 local time
- Place: Coalinga, CA
- Airport: New Coalinga Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1621° N, 120.2948° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW COALINGA MUNI (C80), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1621&lon=-120.2948&mi=10
- Aircraft: N211WT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N211WT) (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: 1,250 total, 200 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231022019029I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/22/2023 THE MAIN LANDING GEAR OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COLLAPSED DURING LANDING AT C80.  THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON THE FULLY EXTENDED NOSE GEAR AND THE TAIL SECTION OF THE CESSNA 172.  THE SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY INDICATE THAT THE MAIN GEAR WAS NOT FULLY DOWN AND LOCKED.  THE SKID MARKS AT THE TOUCHDOWN POINT SHOW A CURVED PATTERN THAT REDUCES IN WIDTH.  THE SKID PATTERN IS THEN PARALLEL AND ABOUT HALF THE DISTANCE OF THE TOUCHDOWN CURVED PATTERN.

THE PILOT’S OPERATING HANDBOOK FOR THIS AIRPLANE RECOMMEND THAT THE PILOT CHECK THE HYDRAULIC FLUID EVERY 25 HOURS.  THE HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS EXAMINED AND WAS VERY LOW.

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR OF THIS AIRPLANE IS THE ONLY GEAR CONNECTED TO THE SINGLE GREEN DOWN LIGHT AND THE MAIN GEAR IS VERIFIED DOWN BY LOOKING IN WING MOUNTED MIRRORS.  THE PILOT’S OPERATING HANDBOOK IS NOT CLEAR ON HOW THE SINGLE GREEN LIGHT IS ACTIVATED.  THE PILOT REPORTED SEEING THE MAIN GEAR IN THE WING MOUNTED MIRRORS.

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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