# Incident 20241026018759I: Cessna 177RG, Fort Myers, FL, October 26, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2024, 15:31 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Airport: Fort Myers Paige Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6406° N, 81.8723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Myers, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6406&lon=-81.8723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N919DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N919DC) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 35,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241026018759I

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 26TH, PILOT LANDED A 1976 CESSNA CARDINAL RG GEAR UP AT FMY.  FLIGHT WAS A PART 91 FLIGHT WITH PIC, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CFI AND THEIR DOG.  TOTAL FLIGHT TIME WAS 41 MINUTES.

AIRCRAFT WAS SET UP ON A GPS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 5 AND PIC WAS EXPLAINING TO HIS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOW HE HOLDS THE GEAR SPEED OF 125 KTS UNTIL THEY WERE APPROACHING THE GLIDE SLOPE AND THE AUTOPILOT LOCKS ON, THEN HE WOULD PUT THE GEAR DOWN.  PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO SLOW DOWN FOR SPACING FROM TOWER, AND CONTINUES DESCENT, NOT REALIZING THAT HE REMOVED HIS HAND FROM THE GEAR LEVER.  PIC ADMITTED TO NOT PERFORMING SHORT-FINAL "GUMPS CHECK" AND AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP.  PIC, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^AND DOG EXITED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURIES.

## Other reports on N919DC (2)

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

- [Incident 20230802011739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230802011739I), Aug 2, 2023: Cessna 177RG (N919DC), Burlington, NC, Minor damage. On 8/2/2023 a Cessna 177RG landed gear up at the Burlington Alamance regional airport on runway 24. The plane was operated by an ATP pilot who was the sole…
- [Accident 20210117000689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210117000689A), Jan 17, 2021: Cessna 177RG (N919DC), Richmond Hill, GA, Substantial damage. On January 17, 2021, at approximately 12:02 pm local time, a Cessna cardinal rg 177RG (C77R), registration number N919DC, experienced engine problems and was…

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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