# Incident 20250406003449I: Cessna 177RG, San Diego, CA, April 6, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2025, 12:48 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8215G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8215G) (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: 1,650 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250406003449I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CALLED SAYING THEY WERE WORKING OUT SOME LANDING GEAR ISSUES. PILOT REQUESTED CONTROLLER LOOKS AT LANDING GEAR, WAS TOLD THEY APPEAR TO BE DOWN, BUT CANTED. AIRCRAFT THEN DID A TOUCH AND GO. A DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT ON THE AIRPORT TOLD PILOT THAT HIS GEAR APPEARED TO LOCK INTO PLACE. CONTROLLER TOLD PILOT HIS NOSE GEAR STILL APPEARED CANTED. PILOT WAS THEN CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 8 LEFT, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL OUT. UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT RESIDUAL HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS NOTED ON BOTTOM OF THE FUSEALAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT. ON MARCH 21, 2025, THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS OVERHAULED. AS PART OF THE POST-MAINTENANCE CHECKS, BOTH NORMAL EXTENSION/RETRACTION AND EMERGENCY EXTENSION OPERATIONS WERE PERFORMED AND VERIFIED. AT THIS TIME, THE AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS DECLINED TO PROCEED WITH FURTHER INSPECTION OR REPAIR, CITING THE POSSIBILITY OF PENDING LITIGATION. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WILL NOTIFY THIS OFFICE ONCE A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE REGARDING THE LOCATION WHERE ANY REQUIRED MAINTENANCE WILL BE PERFORMED.

THIS MEMORANDUM WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

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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