# Incident 19801209087369I: Cessna 177RG, Teterboro, NJ, December 9, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1980, 01:46 local time
- Place: Teterboro, NJ
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8546° N, 74.0596° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Teterboro, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8546&lon=-74.0596&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52195, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52195) (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: 1,300 total, 0 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/19801209087369I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZG ZK UNABLE TO GET A GEAR SAFE INDICATION. FOUND FAULTY SWITCH ON THE NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N52195 (1)

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

- [Accident 19791222037389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791222037389A), Dec 22, 1979: Cessna 177RG (N52195), Greenfield, IA, Substantial damage. Hit ground short of runway while making precautionary landing in heavy ground fog. Error in fuel gauges.

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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