# Incident 20180221002949I: Cessna 177B, Memphis, TN, February 21, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2018, 09:30 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36213, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36213) (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&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180221002949I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WILSON AIR CENTER ON MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND TAXI'D TO RUNWAY 36C FOR PLANNED TAKE-OFF. WHILE TURNING INTO RUN-UP AREA NEAR INTERSECTION JULIET AND ROMEO, RIGHT-HAND LANDING GEAR TIRE ASSEMBLY POPPED AND IMMEDIATELY THE TIRE ASSEMBLY CAUGHT FIRE AND THE POB'S EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND CALLED FOR FIRE RESCUE. THE ENTIRE TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS DESTROYED. THE FLAMES WERE EXTINGUIHED.

## Other reports on N36213 (2)

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

- [Incident 20250606006579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250606006579I), Jun 6, 2025: Cessna 177B (N36213), Spring, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft stalled during landing approach causing a hard landing which resulted in damage to the nose landing gear.
- [Incident 19830905052259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830905052259I), Sep 5, 1983: Cessna 177A (N36213), Castleton On Hu, NY. Ran out of fuel on and IFR flight plan. Landed on a highway between traffic. Misjudged fuel supply.

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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