# Incident 20260712007699I: Cessna 177RG, Mastic, NY, July 12, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2026, 22:49 local time
- Place: Mastic, NY
- Airport: Brookhaven
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8220° N, 72.8669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROOKHAVEN (HWV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8220&lon=-72.8669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35869, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35869) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260712007699I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR NOT SHOWING THREE GREEN LIGHTS ON APPROACH TO KFRG, PILOT ASKED FOR FRG TOWER CONFIRMATION, FRG TOWER CONFIRMED MAIN LANDING GEAR APPEARED DOWN, BUT TOWER COULD NOT SAY IF NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN.

PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO HIS HOME AIRPORT AND FLEW FROM KFRG TO KHWV ATTEMPTING TO MANUALLY LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. PILOT STILL HAD NOT GOTTEN NOSE GEAR DOWN GREEN LIGHT, PILOT INFORMED NY TRACON (N90) OF THIS ISSUE AS KHWV IS A NON-TOWERED AIRPORT AND UNICOM AT HWV WAS NOT OPERATIONAL AT THAT TIME OF THE NIGHT.

AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON RUNWAY 24 AT HWV WITH MAIN LANDING GEAR REMAINING DOWN, NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, PROP STRUCK RUNWAY, PILOT WAS SOLE PERSON ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS NOT INJURIED.

## Other reports on N35869 (1)

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

- [Accident 19770704020479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770704020479A), Jul 4, 1977: Cessna 177RG (N35869), Monroeville Al, AL, Substantial damage

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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