# Incident 20100721039399I: Cessna 177RG, Valentine, NE, July 21, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2010, 10:45 local time
- Place: Valentine, NE
- Airport: Miller Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8567° N, 100.5490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILLER FLD (VTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8567&lon=-100.5490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177SD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N177SD) (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: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100721039399I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 21, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:45CDT, CESSNA 177RG, N177SD, WAS ENROUTE FROM RAPID CITY, SD TO WATERLOO, IA AT 17,000 FEET.  THE PILOT REPORTED TO ATC THAT HE HAD ENGINE PROBLEMS.  THE PILOT DIVERTED TO VALENTINE, NE.  THE PILOT STATED TO MAINTENANCE THAT HE SMELLED FUEL FUMES AND DIVERTED TO VALENTINE, NE, LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT.  MAINTENANCE FOUND THE #4 CYLINDER SLEEVE/ASSEMBLY INJECTOR COLLAR CRACKED.

## Other reports on N177SD (2)

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

- [Incident 20210919017739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210919017739I), Sep 19, 2021: Cessna 177RG (N177SD), Oakland, CA, Minor damage. Oakland, CA (oak): N177SD, C177, N177SD, C177 landed gear UPRWY28R. POB: 2, injuries: none, damage: minor
- [Incident 20000427019739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000427019739I), Apr 27, 2000: Cessna 177RG (N177SD), Oakland, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On downwind for runway 27R, the pilot lowered the gear and verified a green light and checked out the window and via mirrors that all three gear appeared…

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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