- Date
- September 17, 1985, 09:23 local (13:23 UTC)
- Place
- Ormond Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52637Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850917045569A
- Case key
- 31454
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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.
Gear not extended
Landing gear,gear warning system - inoperativeFactor
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Wheels up landing - performedCause
Analysis
The plt stated that he forgot to extend the landing gear prior to touchdown while on a test flight after maintainence work was performed on the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52637
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG1221
- Airframe hours
- 1,780
- Engine
- Lycoming I0360A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Liberty Aviation Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1984
- Airport
- OMN · Ormond Beach, runway 35, 4,000 × 180 ft, asphalt
N52637Registration cancelled Jun 12, 2012 · 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 595 total · 483 in this make and model · 527 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 50 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.