# Accident 19760520012329A: Cessna 177RG, Columbia, CA, May 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1976
- Place: Columbia, CA
- Airport: Columbia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 38.0304° N, 120.4146° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA (O22), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0304&lon=-120.4146&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2516V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2516V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,994 total, 62 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76DVA65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVA65) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760520012329A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

GR WARNING HORN SYS MALF.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB OAK76DVA65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVA65), May 20, 1976: Cessna 177RG (N2516V), Columbia, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2516V (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20180430004349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180430004349I), Apr 30, 2018: Cessna 177RG (N2516V), Pensacola, FL, Minor damage. Airman was practicing touch and gos in the pattern for runway 08. During fourth pattern operation, while on downwind, ATC instructed plane to extend downwind…
- [Incident 19991006033399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991006033399I), Oct 6, 1999: Cessna 177RG (N2516V), Aledo, IL, Minor damage. (-23) IGL1920000005 while conducting a simulated engine out emergency landing, the flight instructor and student pilot became distracted during the landing…
- [Incident 19851105061599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851105061599I), Nov 5, 1985: Cessna 177RG (N2516V), Huntington, WV, Minor damage. Landed on wet grass runway without extending the landing gear.
- [Incident 19800422049959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800422049959I), Apr 22, 1980: Cessna 177RG (N2516V), Huntington, WV, Minor damage. Pilot unable to retract gear returned to airport, landed. Nose gear collapsed during rollout. Hydraulic fluid low.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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