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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177B · Sturgis, KY · February 11, 1990

Date
February 11, 1990 · 15:30 local
Place
Sturgis, KY
Airport
Sturgis Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N34197
Reported as
Cessna 177B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
100 total48 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

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.

Lost directional control on takeoff roll. Veered off side of runway. Became inverted in soft mud.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL. VEERED OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY. BECAME INVERTED IN SOFT MUD.