# Incident 19900321018779I: Cessna 177RG, Vivian, LA, March 21, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1990, 15:00 local time
- Place: Vivian, LA
- Airport: Vivian Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8613° N, 94.0102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VIVIAN (3F4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8613&lon=-94.0102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7550V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7550V) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 154 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900321018779I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LOWER NOSE GEAR. LANDED BESIDE RUNWAY WITH MAIN GEAR DOWN AND NOSE GEAR RETRACTED.

## Other reports on N7550V (2)

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

- [Incident 20150911016589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150911016589I), Sep 11, 2015: Cessna 177RG (N7550V), Woodruff, SC, Minor damage. Pilot was flying formation with five other aircraft and got distracted in lowering his landing gear. He did lower the gear prior to touchdown, however the gear…
- [Incident 19870610045119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870610045119I), Jun 10, 1987: Cessna 177RG (N7550V), Prattville, AL, Minor damage. Pilot failed to lower the landing gear before landing.

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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