# Accident 19890824033109A: Cessna 177B, Auburn, IN, August 24, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1989, 18:15 local time
- Place: Auburn, IN
- Airport: De Kalb County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3072° N, 85.0644° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at De Kalb County Airport (GWB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3072&lon=-85.0644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30806 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1F6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 119 total, 18 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890824033109A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING AND VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO TALL GRASS AND BRUSH.

## 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 CHI89LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA177), Aug 24, 1989: Cessna 177B (N30806), Auburn, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN A GROUND SWERVE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: THE PILOT'S MISJUDGEMENT OF DISTANCE, SPEED, AND ALTITUDE ON…

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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