# Incident 19830526037229I: Cessna 177, East St Louis, IL, May 26, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1983, 10:30 local time
- Place: East St Louis, IL
- Airport: Bi State Parks
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6164° N, 90.1305° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East St. Louis, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6164&lon=-90.1305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2969X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2969X-1991-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 54 total, 3 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830526037229I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PREPARING FOR PRIVATE TEST PORPOISED ON LANDING. DAMAGED SKIN PANEL.

## Other reports on N2969X (3)

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

- [Accident 19890425009599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890425009599A), Apr 25, 1989: Cessna 177 (N2969X), Brinkley, AR, Substantial damage. Dumped flaps on a go around at 100 AGL. Aircraft descended rapidly, hit ground and dirt levee.
- [Accident 19871017075229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871017075229A), Oct 17, 1987: Cessna 177 (N2969X), Warrensburg, MO, Substantial damage. Landed hard on the nose wheel then the tail. Made a go around and returned to home field with damaged aircraft.
- [Accident 19820414009469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820414009469A), Apr 14, 1982: Cessna 177 (N2969X), Wentzville, MO, Substantial damage. Bounced nose high. Drifted off runway. Stabilator struck runway light. CFI failed to make timely correction.

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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