# Incident 20161107022729I: Cessna 177B, New London, CT, November 7, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2016, 12:44 local time
- Place: New London, CT
- Airport: Groton-New London
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3301° N, 72.0451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GROTON-NEW LONDON (GON), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3301&lon=-72.0451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34655, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34655) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1F6D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,385 total, 92 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161107022729I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/7/2016 N34655 A CESSNA 177 WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 05 AT GROTON AIRPORT.

THE PILOT STATED HE  WAS DEMONSTRATING SHORT FIELD LANDINGS TO ANOTHER PILOT.

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY  AND  STRUCK A RUNWAY THRESHOLD  LIGHT IN THE CENTER  OF  THE BEGINNING OF RUNWAY 5.

FOD WAS REPORTED BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY.  THE RUNWAY LIGHT WAS BROKEN OFF, AND  PARTS FOUND AROUND THE BROKEN LIGHT MATCH THE CESSNA 177'S  WHEEL FAIRING

## Other reports on N34655 (1)

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

- [Accident 20250624011879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250624011879A), Jun 24, 2025: Cessna 177B (N34655), Calera, AL, Substantial damage. During landing the aircraft touhed down on both main wheels normally, the nose wheel touched down and the aircraft imediately veered left off the runway.…

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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