# Incident 19850302010649I: Cessna 177, Bessemer, AL, March 2, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1985, 14:55 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3129° N, 86.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bessemer Airport (EKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3129&lon=-86.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3235T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3235T-1990-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 487 total, 10 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/19850302010649I

## Narrative

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

LEFT LANDING GEAR SEPARATED AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH. BREAK WAS IN AN AREA IMPOSSIBLE TO INSPECT. CRACK WAS OLD.

## Other reports on N3235T (1)

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

- [Accident 19900527018989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900527018989A), May 27, 1990: Cessna 177 (N3235T), Hazard, KY, Substantial damage. Elected to land en route due to weather. Landed long,failed to go around and ran off end runway down hill into ditch

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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