20240311003479I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Delano, CA · March 11, 2024

Date
March 11, 2024 · 17:30 local
Place
Delano, CA
Airport
Delano
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N177KA
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,600 total2,300 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot was landing at the Delano, CA airport (dlo) and landed with the landing gear not extended. The pilot stated that he just forgot to put the landing gear down and complete a before landing checklist after becoming task saturated and distracted during the VFR approach to the runway. The pilot noted that a late descent to the airport may have been a factor in causing him to operate outside of his normal routine. The pilot also stated that he did not recall hearing the gear warning horn. He has asked the mechanic repairing the airplane to investigate the functioning of the gear warning system and repair as necessary.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS LANDING AT THE DELANO, CA AIRPORT (DLO) AND LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR NOT EXTENDED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE JUST FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND COMPLETE A BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST AFTER BECOMING TASK SATURATED AND DISTRACTED DURING THE VFR APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT NOTED THAT A LATE DESCENT TO THE AIRPORT MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR IN CAUSING HIM TO OPERATE OUTSIDE OF HIS NORMAL ROUTINE. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT HE DID NOT RECALL HEARING THE GEAR WARNING HORN. HE HAS ASKED THE MECHANIC REPAIRING THE AIRPLANE TO INVESTIGATE THE FUNCTIONING OF THE GEAR WARNING SYSTEM AND REPAIR AS NECESSARY.