# Incident 19980824031289I: Cessna 177RG, Westerly, RI, August 24, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1998, 07:53 local time
- Place: Westerly, RI
- Airport: Westerly State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3496° N, 71.8034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTERLY STATE (WST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3496&lon=-71.8034&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53170, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 986 total, 44 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980824031289I

## Narrative

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

OWNER WASHED AND WAXED HIS AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT COVER THE STATIC PORTS. HE DEPARTED ON A LOCAL FLIGHT AND AFTER HE WAS AIRBORNE DID NOT HAVE ANY ALTIMETER OR AIRSPEED INDICATION. HE PULLED THE ALTERNATE STATIC SOURCE KNOB AND THE KNOB CAME OFF IN HIS HAND. HE DID NOT FOLLOW HIS LANDING CHECK LIST AND LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N53170 (2)

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

- [Incident 19961124041129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961124041129I), Nov 24, 1996: Cessna 177RG (N53170), Gardner, MA, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot stated while landing at Gardner runway 36 he (PIC) forgot to put landing gear down. Prop struck runway aircraft landed on bottom skin and slid…
- [Incident 19820704046159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820704046159I), Jul 4, 1982: Cessna 177RG (N53170), Nantucket, MA, Minor damage. Pilot landed with gear up. Inspection revealed no malfunction.

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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