# Incident 20091016050309I: Cessna 177RG, Walterboro, SC, October 16, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2009, 17:10 local time
- Place: Walterboro, SC
- Airport: Walterboro Low County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8983° N, 80.6814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Walterboro, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8983&lon=-80.6814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2549V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,109 total, 14 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091016050309I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 16, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 2110Z N2549V, A CESSNA 177 LANDED NOSE GEAR UP AT WALTERBORO AIRPORT (RVW) IN WALTERBORO, SC.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM GREENSBORO, NC TO SAVANNAH, GA. WHEN THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED WEATHER AND DIVERTED TO RVW.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR.

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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