# Incident 19790729022679I: Cessna 177RG, Joliet, IL, July 29, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1979
- Place: Joliet, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5250° N, 88.0817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Joliet, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5250&lon=-88.0817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8011G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8011G) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 628 total, 325 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/19790729022679I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING DUE TO OIL LEAK. FOUND CRACKED LINE TO PROP GOVERNOR.

## Other reports on N8011G (3)

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

- [Incident 20040822031519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040822031519I), Aug 22, 2004: Cessna 177RG (N8011G), New Iberia, LA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot cleared to land on runway 16 from a right base. Pilot failed to lower landing gear. Pilot stated he did not hear a gear up warning.
- [Incident 20000313018549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000313018549I), Mar 13, 2000: Cessna 177RG (N8011G), Aransas Pass, TX, Minor damage. (-23)Aircraft was on ferry flight from abbeville, la (OR3) to lafayette, la (lft) when the nose gear failed to extend. Attempts to extend the gear in flight…
- [Incident 19971019043089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971019043089I), Oct 19, 1997: Cessna 177RG (N8011G), Lafayette, LA, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot was unable to lower landing on approach to Lafayette airport. No indication lights and c.b. popped. The pilot manually extended gear and…

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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