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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177 · Fort Dodge, IA · March 5, 1978

Date: March 5, 1978 · 14:00 local
Place: Fort Dodge, IA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2871X
Reported as: Cessna 177
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 25 total10 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N2871XRegistration cancelled Apr 8, 1981 · Cessna 177S/N 17700271 Airframe modelCessna 177

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Odor and eventual sparks came from the fuel gauge. Wrong type voltage regulator caused overvoltage.

As the FAA filed it

ODOR AND EVENTUAL SPARKS CAME FROM THE FUEL GAUGE. WRONG TYPE VOLTAGE REGULATOR CAUSED OVERVOLTAGE.

Other reports on N2871X · 1

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

Accident 19801223075929AForced/Precautionary Landing · Brighton, COEngine lost power on initial takeoff climb. Crash landed off end of runway,found right mag inop,oil soaked.Dec 23, 1980 · Minor damage