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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177B · Des Moines, IA · March 30, 1978

Date: March 30, 1978 · 13:00 local
Place: Des Moines, IA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N17187
Reported as: Cessna 177B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,100 total4 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N17187Registered now · Cessna 177BS/N 17702514 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna 177B Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot made a hard landing on the nose gear. Nose gear tire blown out.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING ON THE NOSE GEAR. NOSE GEAR TIRE BLOWN OUT.