# Accident 19830609024599A: Cessna 177RG, Lansing, MI, June 9, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1983, 11:49 local time
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Airport: Capitol City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7786° N, 84.5862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7786&lon=-84.5862&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53060, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53060-1991-03-29) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 418 total, 299 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI83LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA247) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830609024599A

## Narrative

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

TURNED FUEL SELECTOR TO OFF INSTEAD OF FULLEST TANK ON FINAL.  IMPACTED GROUND SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI83LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA247), Jun 9, 1983: Cessna 177RG (N53060), Lansing, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N53060 (1)

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

- [Accident 19870617020689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870617020689A), Jun 17, 1987: Cessna 177RG (N53060), Tewksbury, MA, Destroyed. Engine quit climbing out on a go around. Aircraft hit ground as pilot banked to avoid trees. Had turned fuel off.

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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