# Incident 19990910029969I: Cessna 177RG, Brighton, MI, September 10, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1999, 13:30 local time
- Place: Brighton, MI
- Airport: Brighton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5700° N, 83.7785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRIGHTON (45G), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5700&lon=-83.7785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1897Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1897Q) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 505 total, 175 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990910029969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED AIRCRAFT LOST LIFT AS HE FLARED AND LANDED HARD NOSE DOWN.

## Other reports on N1897Q (2)

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

- [Incident 20080530835069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080530835069I), May 30, 2008: Cessna 177RG (N1897Q), Ocala, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On may 30, 2008 at 2100 hours eastern daylight time, a Cessna 177, asel, N1879Q, registered to [privacy data omitted] and operated by private pilot…
- [Incident 19940611022759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940611022759I), Jun 11, 1994: Cessna 177RG (N1897Q), Columbia, MO, Minor damage. Hydraulic nose gear line b nut failed. Depleted system. Landed nose gear up. Flat nose gear strut ruptured line.

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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