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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 177 · Yuba City, CA · February 26, 1989

Date
February 26, 1989 · 13:30 local
Place
Yuba City, CA
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Sfl Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2377Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX89LA116
Reported as
Cessna 177
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total7 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Allowed student to get into a spiral dive while turning final for a simulated forced landing. Failed to recover.

As the FAA filed it

ALLOWED STUDENT TO GET INTO A SPIRAL DIVE WHILE TURNING FINAL FOR A SIMULATED FORCED LANDING. FAILED TO RECOVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.