# Incident 19780523039569I: Cessna 177RG, Hot Springs, VA, May 23, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1978, 21:30 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, VA
- Airport: Ingalls
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9515° N, 79.8339° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INGALLS FLD (HSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9515&lon=-79.8339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1609H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 335 total, 8 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780523039569I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHEN NOSE WHEEL TURNED AFTER LANDING. BOLT IN SCISSOR WAS MISSING.

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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