# Accident 19890519012369A: Cessna 177B, Harrah, OK, May 19, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1989, 14:55 local time
- Place: Harrah, OK
- Airport: Steciak Strip Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4890° N, 97.1920° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STECIAK STRIP (1OL2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4890&lon=-97.1920&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1275C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1275C-2011-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1F6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 106 total, 1 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890519012369A

## Narrative

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

VEERED OFF TURF RUNWAY INTO TALL GRASS THEN TRIED TO GO AROUND, OVER-ROTATED,DRAGGED TAIL. ABORTED AND STRUCK TREES

## 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 FTW89LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA094), May 19, 1989: Cessna 177B (N1275C), Harrah, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT GROUND SWERVE; AND HIS IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION (INDECISION) CONCERNING AN ATTEMPTED…

## Other reports on N1275C (1)

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

- [Incident 19780830038339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780830038339I), Aug 30, 1978: Cessna 177B (N1275C), Enid, OK, Minor damage. Student overran departure end of runway, striking runway lights during rejected takeoff.

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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