- Date
- July 28, 1983, 10:37 local (18:37 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52103Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830728035879A
- Case key
- 4043
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During arrival, the acft was landed with the gear retracted. After touchdown, it slid appx 980 ft before coming to rest. The pilot stated that after he was cleared to land, he was looking for other VFR traffic & forgot to extend the gear. Reportedly, he did not use his checklist.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52103
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG1171
- Airframe hours
- 1,528
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B-6B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert J. Mcgrane
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 18, 1982 · 178 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill, runway 33, 2,469 × 60 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 160 in this make and model · 52 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N52103 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.