# Accident 19980207002369A: Cessna 177RG, Cumming, GA, February 7, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1998, 13:00 local time
- Place: Cumming, GA
- Airport: Mathis Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1012° N, 84.1610° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Mathis Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1012&lon=-84.1610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1536H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1536H-1998-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 179 total, 27 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980207002369A

## Narrative

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

OVERSHOT RUNWAY ON A DOWNWIND LANDING CONTINUING OFF RUNWAY DOWN A SLOPE. DED NOT OBTAIN SURFACE WIND REPORT PRIOR. (.4)THE PRIVATE PILOT STATED THIS WAS HIS FIRST LANDING ON THE 1,500-FOOT ASPHALT STRIP. HE TOUCHED DOWN LONG AND FAST. THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT SPACE TO STOP THE AIRPLANE OR MAKE A GO-AROUND. THE AIRPLANE WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH BRUSH.                                         (-23)PILOT ATTEMPTED DOWNWIND LANDING ON 1550' RUNWAY LANDING MID-FIELD.  UNABLE TO STOP, HE DEPATED RUNWAY ON DEPARTURE END AND CONTINUED APPROXIAMTELY 100' DOWN A 45 SLOPE.  PASSENGER IN RIGHT FRONT SEAT SUFFERED FRACTURED VERTEBREA.

## 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 MIA98LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA073), Feb 7, 1998: Cessna 177RG (N1536H), Cumming, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance and airspeed, and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point.

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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