# Incident 19810109004899I: Cessna 177RG, Scottsdale, AZ, January 9, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1981, 16:18 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1587H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1587H) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 150 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/19810109004899I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON PARALLEL TAXIWAY DUE TO SUN IN EYES.

## Other reports on N1587H (1)

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

- [Incident 19960906026119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960906026119I), Sep 6, 1996: Cessna 177RG (N1587H), Cedar Rapids, IA, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot advised cid tower of an unsafe gear condition and made 2 attempts through tower personnel to verify if the landing gear was down and locked.…

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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