# Accident 19800716026239A: Cessna 177B, Sturgis, SD, July 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1980, 14:15 local time
- Place: Sturgis, SD
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4104° N, 103.4996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sturgis, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4104&lon=-103.4996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35092, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35092-1982-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 371 total, 53 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FTK16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTK16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800716026239A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE DOWNWIND LANDING. FAILED TO MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED AND HIT GROUND.

## 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 DEN80FTK16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTK16), Jul 16, 1980: Cessna 177B (N35092), Sturgis, SD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N35092 (1)

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

- [Accident 19750101000229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750101000229A), Jan 1, 1975: Cessna 177B (N35092), Sunriver, OR, Substantial damage. Hit snow bank.

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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