- Date
- August 7, 1986, 08:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45188Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860807037849A
- Case key
- 24987
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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
The acft was landed with the gear in the partially extended. Tower personnel attempted to warn the plt of the gear position with use of the radio and light gun signals; however, the landing was continued. Post accident examination of the landing gear system failed to disclose any failure/malfunction. However, it was discovered that if the gear handle was lowered to the neutral position from the gear up position, the landing gear would lower to the trail position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45188
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG1095
- Airframe hours
- 1,146
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6W, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kamran Nikbakhsh-Tali
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 17, 1986 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- 036 · Tracy, CA
- Destination
- RHV · San Jose, CA
- Airport
- RHV · Reid Hillview, runway 13L, 3,099 × 75 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 486 total · 186 in this make and model · 356 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RHV, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.