# Accident 19971025036469A: Cessna 177, Boerne, TX, October 25, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1997, 10:15 local time
- Place: Boerne, TX
- Airport: Boerne Stage
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8006° N, 98.7294° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8006&lon=-98.7294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2971X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2971X-2000-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971025036469A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED PORPOISED. BEGAN LATE GO AROUND STRUCK A PARKED FRONT END LOADER. (-23) ON OCTOBER 26, 1997, WE INTERVIEWED THE PILOT, MR. HERBERT B. YOUNG. HE TOLD US THAT ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, HE DID TWO LANDINGS AND TAKEOFFS AND WAS COMING IN FOR HIS FINAL LANDING WHEN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES AND HE STARTED TO PORPOISE. HE ADDED POWER AND TRIED TO BRING THE AIRCRAFT UNDER CONTROL WHEN IT VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK THE FRONT END LOADER. MR. YOUNG TOLD US HE HAD .3 HRS. TOTAL TIME IN A CESSNA 177 AND THAT HE HAD .2 HRS. TOTAL TIME ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. WE WERE ALSO TOLD BY HIM THAT HE HAD 340 HOURS TOTAL TIME IN CESSNA AIRCRAFT.

## 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 FTW98LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA032), Oct 25, 1997: Cessna 177 (N2971X), Boerne, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the aborted landing. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, which…

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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