# Incident 19900516024989I: Cessna 177B, Del Rio, TX, May 16, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1990, 21:57 local time
- Place: Del Rio, TX
- Airport: Del Rio International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3742° N, 100.9272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEL RIO INTL (DRT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3742&lon=-100.9272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17091, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17091) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 960 total, 900 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900516024989I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HEARD SOUND ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY DAMPENER HAD BROKEN OFF HITTING COWLING.

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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