19791127045719I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177 · Vero Beach, FL · November 27, 1979

Date: November 27, 1979 · 08:15 local
Place: Vero Beach, FL
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N34250
Reported as: Cessna 177
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,600 total300 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N34250Registered now · Cessna 177BS/N 17701734 · Built 1972 Airframe modelCessna 177B Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During low level surveillance flight, sheriff pilot caused nosewheel to strike powerline damaging wheel pant.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LOW LEVEL SURVEILLANCE FLIGHT, SHERIFF PILOT CAUSED NOSEWHEEL TO STRIKE POWERLINE DAMAGING WHEEL PANT.