- Date
- February 17, 1983, 12:11 local (16:11 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34938Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830217060939I
- Case key
- 4080
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Analysis
The acft was intentionally landed gear up due to a failure of the main landing gear actuator bearing. The bearing failed due to fatigue.
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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - fatigueCause
Gear down and locked - not possibleCause
Wheels up landing - intentionalFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34938
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG1026
- Airframe hours
- 1,168
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gordon Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- ANC · Anchorage, runway 6L, 10,600 × 200 ft, macadam
N34938Registration cancelled Sep 16, 2009 · Cessna 177RGAirframe modelCessna 177RGEngine modelLycoming IO-360-A1B6D
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 879 total · 33 in this make and model · 753 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N34938 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX95LA187Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportOakland, CAThe pilot's poor preflight planning/preparation by exceeding the airplane certificated maximum allowable takeoff gross weight and failure to abort the takeoff in a timely manner. The ditch was a factor in this accident.NTSB ANC81FA077Accident · No injuriesClosedAnchorage, AK