# Incident 19781220020839I: Cessna 177, Dothan, AL, December 20, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1978, 10:50 local time
- Place: Dothan, AL
- Airport: Napier
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2232° N, 85.3905° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dothan, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2232&lon=-85.3905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2765V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 400 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/19781220020839I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK INTO DOWN POSITION BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.

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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