# Accident 19800827038709A: Cessna 177, Englewood, FL, August 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1980, 08:50 local time
- Place: Englewood, FL
- Airport: Buchan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.9901° N, 82.3740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCHAN (X36), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.9901&lon=-82.3740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2317Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2317Y-1984-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,898 total, 750 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FLD95](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLD95) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800827038709A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO DEPART ON SOFT STRIP, HIGH GRASS. MADE PREMATURE LIFTOFF. UNABLE TO CLIMB. STRUCK FENCE AT END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 MIA80FLD95](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLD95), Aug 27, 1980: Cessna 177 (N2317Y), Englewood, FL, substantial damage

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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