# NTSB ANC01LA132: Cessna 177RG, N45367, Fairbanks, AK, August 31, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 30, 2001, 17:50 local (Aug 31, 2001, 01:50 UTC) - Place: Fairbanks, AK - Coordinates: 64.813613, -147.859725 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8136&lon=-147.8597&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 20, 2002 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: FAA-AL-FAI FSDO 01 - NTSB case key (mKey): 53174 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC01LA132 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53174/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA132 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Wheels up landing, landing - flare/touchdown - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The private certificated pilot was conducting several touch and go landings. On the last landing, the pilot failed to lower the landing gear, and the airplane touched down on the belly. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed damage to an area of fuselage about 3 1/2 feet wide, and 4 feet long. ## Factual narrative On August 30, 2001, about 1750 Alaska daylight time, a wheel-equipped Cessna 177RG airplane, N45367, sustained substantial damage during a gear-up landing at the Fairbanks International Airport, Fairbanks, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) local area personal flight when the accident occurred. The airplane was operated by the pilot. The private certificated pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC) on August 30, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, Fairbanks Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), reported that the pilot was conducting several touch and go landings to runway 1R at Fairbanks. The inspector said that on the last landing, the pilot failed to lower the landing gear, and the airplane touched down on the belly. A postaccident examination of the airplane by the FAA revealed damage to an area of fuselage about 3 1/2 feet wide, and 4 feet long. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N45367](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45367), registered now, S/N 177RG1113, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 177RG - Registry model: [Cessna 177RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (registry code 2073709) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (registry code 41593, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 177RG1113 - Airframe hours: 1938 - Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D 200 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Benjamin J. Walden - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 2, 2001 - Departed: PAFA, FAIRBANKS, AK - Airport: PAFA, Fairbanks International, runway 1R, 3,190 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 73; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review October 2, 2000; seat: left; flight hours: 1,800 total, 800 in this make and model, 1,660 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 80° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 18,000 ft broken - Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 48 °F - Altimeter: 29.21 inHg - Observed at: PAFA ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20010830024739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010830024739A), Aug 30, 2001: Cessna 177RG, Fairbanks, AK, No damage. (.19)On August 30, 2001, about 1750 Alaska daylight time, a wheel-equipped Cessna 177RG airplane, N45367, sustained substantial damage during a gear-up landing… ## Other investigations on N45367 (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB ANC99LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA085), Jul 6, 1999: Cessna 177RG (N45367), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the airplane landing gear. A factor in the accident was an interference with the pilot's habit pattern. From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.