# Incident 19890302031579I: Cessna 177RG, St Louis, MO, March 2, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1989, 11:50 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177WB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N177WB) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 25 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890302031579I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LOCK MAIN GEAR DOWN. ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP. FOUND LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR ROD END HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N177WB (1)

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

- [Incident 19990728038119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990728038119I), Jul 28, 1999: Cessna 177RG (N177WB), Brooksville, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On July 28, 1999, at 1145 EDT, a Cessna 177RG, N177WB, registered to sonlight aviation, inc. collided with the ground on landing at Hernando County…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.