# Incident 20160908016989I: Cessna 177RG, Valentine, NE, September 8, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2016, 17:00 local time
- Place: Valentine, NE
- Airport: Miller Feild
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8739° N, 100.5470° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valentine, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8739&lon=-100.5470&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88NG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88NG) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,513 total, 288 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/20160908016989I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 AT 1500 HOURS LOCAL TIME A CESSNA 177RG, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT UPON LANDING AT THE VALENTINE NE AIRPORT RUNWAY 14, WHILE ON A PERSONNEL PLEASURE FLIGHT. VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED WITH A CROSS WIND LANDING INITIATED. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT ONBOARD WAS UNINJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOTS CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED OUT OF SPEARFISH, SD.

## Other reports on N88NG (2)

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

- [Incident 20190409002659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190409002659I), Apr 9, 2019: Cessna 177RG (N88NG), Parkston, SD, Minor damage. Pilot elected to make a short local flight to review local flood damage from the air. Pilot failed to lower the landing gear on apprroach and touched down with…
- [Accident 20130208003799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130208003799A), Feb 8, 2013: Cessna 177RG (N88NG), Herrington, KS, Substantial damage. The pilot reported he had descended through a hole in the cloud layer and was on a visual approach when he realized the landing gear had not been extended.…

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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