# Incident 20000510016299I: Cessna 177RG, Oklahoma City, OK, May 10, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2000, 13:35 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4676° N, 97.5164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oklahoma City, OK, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4676&lon=-97.5164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51300, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51300) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 130 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000510016299I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATED THAT IN LEVEL FLIGHT AT 2500 FT ALTITUDE THE PROPELLER SEEMED TO SURGE, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF POWER. REALIZING HE COULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT (PWA), HE EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD.  PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN, THE ENGINE WAS MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE. MINOR DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER CONTACTING A FENCE POST DURING THE FORCED LANDING.

## Other reports on N51300 (2)

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

- [Incident 20091019050509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091019050509I), Oct 19, 2009: Cessna 177RG (N51300), New Century, KS, Minor damage. Failure and rupture of the nose landing gear extension hydraulic hose. Resulted in fluid depletion and inability to lower landing gear using any means. Pilot…
- [Incident 19880830049279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880830049279I), Aug 30, 1988: Cessna 177RG (N51300), Warrensburg, MO, Minor damage. Suspected leak in hydraulic landing gear system. Tower confirmed gears not down. Landed on a taxiway. Minor damage.

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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