# Incident 19810825067709I: Cessna 177, Sheridan, WY, August 25, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1981, 19:40 local time
- Place: Sheridan, WY
- Airport: Sheridan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7692° N, 106.9803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHERIDAN COUNTY (SHR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7692&lon=-106.9803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30720, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30720-1990-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 72 total, 7 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810825067709I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE HARD LANDING BOUNCED. FOUND PROPELLER TIPS BENT. THEN HAD HIT RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N30720 (1)

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

- [Incident 19840720047109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840720047109I), Jul 20, 1984: Cessna 177 (N30720), Monroe Center, IL. Ran out of fuel en route and landed on a road. Failed to visually check fuel quantity.

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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