# Incident 19980605025229I: Cessna 177RG, Columbus, OH, June 5, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1998, 08:30 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Port Columbus International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1987Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 690 total, 150 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980605025229I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED COLUMBUS, OHIO, COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, RUNWAY 28L. PILOT STATED NORMAL TAKE OFF AND AT ABOUT 500 AGL ENGINE OPERATED ROUGH WITH LOSS IN POWER. LANDED RUNWAY 28L OF REMAINING 2500-3000 FEET DEFLAING NOSE TIRE ON ROLL OUT. POST INSPECTION OF ENGINE COMPONENTS REVEALED FAILURE OF LEFT AND RIGHT PLASTIC DISTRIBUTOR GEARS. TOTAL TIME SINCE OVERHAUL OF COMPONENT 1359 HOURS.S

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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