# Accident 19960831025439A: Cessna 177, Youngstown, OH, August 31, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1996, 17:08 local time
- Place: Youngstown, OH
- Airport: Landsdowne Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1009° N, 80.6506° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1009&lon=-80.6506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2992X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2992X-1999-04-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 600 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96FA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960831025439A

## Narrative

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

LANDED LONG FAST PORPOISED. SETTLED OFF END ON ATTEMPTED GO AROUND. COLLIDED WITH ROUGH TERRAIN. (-23) ON AUG 31, 1996, AT 1708 EDT, CESSNA 177, N2992X, HAD AN INFLIGHT LOSS OFCONTROL AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND DURING CLIMBOUT FROM AN ABORTED LANDING AT LANSDOWN AIRPORT, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE SECOND PASSENGER WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED IN MADISON, WISCONSIN, ABOUT 1340, AND WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.

## 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 NYC96FA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA178), Aug 31, 1996: Cessna 177 (N2992X), Youngstown, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's delay in aborting the landing, and his failure to attain adequate airspeed to fly out of ground effect, which resulted in a stall/mush and collision with the ground. Factors relating to…

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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