# NTSB LAX86FVM07: Cessna 177RG, N45188, San Jose, CA, August 7, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 7, 1986, 08:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Coordinates: 37.29076, -121.690719 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2908&lon=-121.6907&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24987
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86FVM07
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24987/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86FVM07

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - gear down and locked - not identified, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45188), registered now, S/N 177RG1095, 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: 177RG1095
- Airframe hours: 1146
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860807037849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860807037849A), Aug 7, 1986: Cessna 177RG, San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. VFR pilot came out of clouds and touched down with gear partially extended. Tried go around and skidded into a fence

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.

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