# Accident 19760809025969A: Cessna 177RG, Norfolk, VA, August 9, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1976
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Airport: Norfolk Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 36.8956° N, 76.1989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORFOLK INTL (ORF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8956&lon=-76.1989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2048Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2048Q-2020-01-31) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 380 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76DID41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DID41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760809025969A

## Narrative

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

ILS APCH,VISUAL SEGMENT,MISCALCULATED APCH ANGLE STABILATOR STRUCK APCH LGTS.

## 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 IAD76DID41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DID41), Aug 9, 1976: Cessna 177RG (N2048Q), Norfolk, VA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2048Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19780318008629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780318008629I), Mar 18, 1978: Cessna 177RG (N2048Q), Fairfield, NJ, Minor damage. Nose gear could not be locked down due to improper door sequence adjustment.

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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