# Incident 19780809049869I: Cessna 177RG, Westfield, MA, August 9, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1978, 10:30 local time
- Place: Westfield, MA
- Airport: Barnes
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1251° N, 72.7495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westfield, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1251&lon=-72.7495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52823, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52823) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 9 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/19780809049869I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNDERSHOT LANDING, TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N52823 (3)

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

- [Incident 19880419021309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880419021309I), Apr 19, 1988: Cessna 177RG (N52823), Wantaugh, NY. Engine started to misfire. Precautionary landing on a beach. Found rubber gasket lodged in air intake system.
- [Incident 19860201023749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860201023749I), Feb 1, 1986: Cessna 177RG (N52823), Farmingdale, NY, Minor damage. Student mistakenly raised gear on rollout instead of flaps.
- [Incident 19830131007709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830131007709I), Jan 31, 1983: Cessna 177RG (N52823), Farmingdale, NY, Minor damage. Pilot landed with gear in a retracted position. Found landing gear horn was inoperative.

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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