# Incident 20250116000579I: Cessna 177RG, Coalinga, CA, January 16, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2025, 13:10 local time
- Place: Coalinga, CA
- Airport: Harris Ranch
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2481° N, 120.2385° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRIS RANCH (3O8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2481&lon=-120.2385&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8027G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8027G) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 654 total, 43 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250116000579I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 16, 2025, AT 1:00PM PST THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT AT HARRIS RANCH AIRPORT (3O8) WHILE USING A CHECKLIST. THE PILOT STATED THEY WERE DISTRACTED DUE TO OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN, WHICH LED TO A FAILURE TO VERIFY THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS PROPERLY EXTENDED BEFORE LANDING. UPON TOUCHING DOWN THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE INDICATIVE OF LANDING WITH THE LANDING GEAR NOT IN THE EXTENDED POSITION. BOTH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER REPORTED THAT THEY DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND OPERATED NORMALLY WITHOUT ISSUE. THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT HAVE ANY NOTABLE DAMAGE OTHER THAN A RUB MARK ON THE L/H TIRE FACE FROM WHERE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN RUBBING WHILE BEING TUCKED IN DURING THE GEAR-UP LANDING.

## Other reports on N8027G (1)

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

- [Accident 20001117029959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001117029959A), Nov 17, 2000: Cessna 177RG (N8027G), Wautoma, WI, No damage. (-23) Pilot reported that he made a normal landing on runway 31 at the Wautoma airport. After the nose came down he saw a deer approx. 50 feet in front of the…

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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