# Incident 19790713020649I: Cessna 177RG, Appleton, WI, July 13, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1979, 19:54 local time
- Place: Appleton, WI
- Airport: Outagamie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2798° N, 88.3883° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Appleton, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2798&lon=-88.3883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7556V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7556V) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,730 total, 14 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/19790713020649I

## Narrative

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

GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK DOWN. ROD END BEARING PNS2049-6FG WAS BROKEN AT ACTUATOR.

## Other reports on N7556V (2)

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

- [Incident 19920319010879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920319010879I), Mar 19, 1992: Cessna 177RG (N7556V), Appleton, WI, Minor damage. Almost landed gear up. Go around made as propeller tips struck runway. Landed safely on second try.
- [Incident 19890306023639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890306023639I), Mar 6, 1989: Cessna 177RG (N7556V), Appleton, WI, Minor damage. Bounced and porpoised into a snowbank on landing. Gusty surface wind.

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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