# Accident 19890805028069A: Cessna 177B, Fort Gaines, GA, August 5, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1989, 20:35 local time
- Place: Fort Gaines, GA
- Airport: Fort Gaines-Clay County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6291° N, 85.0518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Gaines, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6291&lon=-85.0518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35131, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35131-1990-06-22) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 347 total, 9 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL89LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA191) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890805028069A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO DEPART SHORT GRASS STRIP ON HOT DAY NO WIND. BOUNCED AND SETTLED. LIFTED OFF RUNWAY INTO 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 ATL89LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA191), Aug 6, 1989: Cessna 177B (N35131), Fort Gaines, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING TAKEOFF, WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH TREES ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N35131 (1)

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

- [Incident 19880507038849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880507038849I), May 7, 1988: Cessna 177B (N35131), Jennings, LA. Ran out of fuel enroute on an IFR flight plan. Vectored to a safe airport landing.

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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