- Date
- March 25, 1982, 17:16 local (22:16 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1964QCessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820325005859A
- Case key
- 71169
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Gear extension - not performedCause
Diverted attentionFactor
Wheels up landing - inadvertent
Analysis
The pilot stated that he became distracted by radio communications with the control tower and forgot to lower the landing gear prior to landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1964Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG0364
- Airframe hours
- 2,833
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gordon Griffin
- Registered owner
- Gordon Griffin
- Departed
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Destination
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Airport
- CRG · Craig Field, runway 4, 4,000 × 100 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 458 total · 61 in this make and model · 307 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 153 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.