20250516006329I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Jacksonville, FL · May 16, 2025

Date
May 16, 2025 · 15:15 local
Place
Jacksonville, FL
Airport
Jacksonville Exec At Craig
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2575V
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
12,500 total150 in this make and model10 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 distracted when the controller instructed him to turn 20 degrees right to avoid traffic. The pilot retracted the landing gear after flying outbound for 2-3 minutes. The pilot was then instructed to turn back and enter a right base for runway 23. The pilot was then cleared to land and did not use the landing checklist. He did not put the gear handle down, check for three green lights, look in the mirror for the gear, or ensure the gear unsafe light and horn were extinguished.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS DISTRACTED WHEN THE CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED HIM TO TURN 20 DEGREES RIGHT TO AVOID TRAFFIC. THE PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AFTER FLYING OUTBOUND FOR 2-3 MINUTES. THE PILOT WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO TURN BACK AND ENTER A RIGHT BASE FOR RUNWAY 23. THE PILOT WAS THEN CLEARED TO LAND AND DID NOT USE THE LANDING CHECKLIST. HE DID NOT PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN, CHECK FOR THREE GREEN LIGHTS, LOOK IN THE MIRROR FOR THE GEAR, OR ENSURE THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT AND HORN WERE EXTINGUISHED.