# Accident 19770822023589A: Cessna 177B, Pecos, TX, August 22, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1977
- Place: Pecos, TX
- Airport: Pecos Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 31.3824° N, 103.5107° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PECOS MUNI (PEQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3824&lon=-103.5107&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34760, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34760) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 96 total, 31 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77DQD26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DQD26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770822023589A

## Narrative

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

COVER OVER OIL FILLER CAME OPEN.LNDD TO CLOSE COVER.BOUNCED.

## 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 FTW77DQD26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DQD26), Aug 22, 1977: Cessna 177B (N34760), Pecos, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N34760 (1)

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

- [Incident 19880627039799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880627039799I), Jun 27, 1988: Cessna 177B (N34760), Victoria, TX, Minor damage. Flared too high and dropped hard nose first on the runway damaging the nose gear and propeller.

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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