# Incident 19801214086639I: Cessna 177RG, Dallas, TX, December 14, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1980, 19:32 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Love
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34866, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34866) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 100 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/19801214086639I

## Narrative

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

ZK MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND BECAUSE ROD END BEARING HAD SEPARATED AT BEARING END

## Other reports on N34866 (2)

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

- [Incident 19990516039799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990516039799I), May 16, 1999: Cessna 177RG (N34866), Brooksville, FL, Minor damage. On may 16, 1999, at about 1212 EDT, a Cessna 177RG landed gear partially extended on runway 02 at Brooksville, Florida. The private pilot and his passenger…
- [Incident 19790620016319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790620016319I), Jun 20, 1979: Cessna 172RG (N34866), Lancaster, TX, Minor damage. Flight instructor trying to demonstrate a nose gear malfunction, demonstrated a gear up landing

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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