# Accident 19970812021769A: Cessna 177, Louisville, KY, August 12, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1997, 09:50 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2609° N, 85.5406° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2609&lon=-85.5406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2827X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2827X-1998-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 25 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD97LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970812021769A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, RAN OFF RUNWAY. ON LANDING STRUCK A TREE. (.4) THE PILOT HAD COMPLETED TWO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS SUCCESSFULLY TO RUNWAY 14. DURING A THIRD TOUCH AND GO LANDING, THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND; HOWEVER, A CROSS WIND CAUGHT THE AIRPLANE AND PUSHED IT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH TREES AND A FENCE.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION WITH THE AIRPLANE OR THE ENGINE.  THE REPORTED WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE FROM 200 DEGREES AT 9 KNOTS.                                                                          (-23) ON AUGUST 12, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 0950 EDT A CESSNA 177 CARDINAL CRASHED INTO A TREE AND FENCE NEAR THE BASE OF THE CONTROL TOWER AT THE LOUISVILLE BOWMAN AIRPORT, LOUISVILLE, KY. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS PRACTICING "TOUCH AND GO" LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 14 WHEN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY, CROSSED RUNWAY 6-24, A TAXIWAY AND RAMP AREA BEFORE COMING TO A REST. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAF T WAS PRACTICALLY CONSUMED BY POST-CRASH FIRE. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VFR. PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE WEATHER BRIEFING BEFORE FLIGHT. WITNESSES AT THE SCENE INDICATED THAT PILOT APPEARED TO LOSE CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND STATED THIS TO THE PERSON WHO PULLED HIM FROM WRECKAGE.

## 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 IAD97LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA109), Aug 12, 1997: Cessna 177 (N2827X), Louisville, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: Inadequate compensation for wind conditions by the pilot.

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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