# Accident 19800415008949A: Cessna 177, Oshkosh, WI, April 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1980, 18:43 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9844° N, 88.5570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITTMAN RGNL (OSH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9844&lon=-88.5570&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30231, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 3 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80DEP22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEP22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800415008949A

## Narrative

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

MADE HARD LANDING, BOUNCED. LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE. VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO A DITCH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI80DEP22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEP22), Apr 15, 1980: Cessna 177 (N30231), Oshkosh, WI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N30231 (2)

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

- [Incident 19810714046609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810714046609I), Jul 14, 1981: Cessna 177 (N30231), Oshkosh, WI, Minor damage. Fuselage wrinkled from possible hard landing. Pilot or occupants unknown. Owned and operated by flying club.
- [Accident 19790730033179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790730033179A), Jul 30, 1979: Cessna 177 (N30231), Oshkosh, WI, Substantial damage. Pilot was returning to airport in rain and low clouds. Stalled acft and crashed in a pea field.

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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