# Incident 19810102084809I: Cessna 177RG, Moberly, MO, January 2, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1981, 10:00 local time
- Place: Moberly, MO
- Airport: Columbia
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8177° N, 92.2178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA RGNL (COU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8177&lon=-92.2178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52612, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52612) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 60 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810102084809I

## Narrative

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

THROTTLE BECAME DISCONNECTED IN CRUISE. SHUT OFF MIXTURE TO LAND. THROTTLE CONTROL ATTACH BOLT MISSING.

## Other reports on N52612 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780929028939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780929028939I), Sep 29, 1978: Cessna 177RG (N52612), Clarksville, TN, Minor damage. Aircraft landed with gear partially extended master switch inadvertantly shut off while gear in transit.

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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