# Incident 19990716025729I: Cessna 177, Slocomb, AL, July 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1999, 15:30 local time
- Place: Slocomb, AL
- Airport: Slocomb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1121° N, 85.5987° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Slocomb, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1121&lon=-85.5987&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2294Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2294Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990716025729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 17, 1999 AT 3:30 PM THE PILOT OF N2294Y A CESSNA 177 CRASHED WHILE LANDING ON A GRASS STRIP AT FREEDOM FIELD AIRPORT IN SLOCOMB, AL UPON TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO PORPOISE AND THE PILOT COULD NOT REGAIN CONTROL BEFORE REACHING THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  DURING HIS ATTEMPT TO MAKE A GO AROUND HE TRIED TO GAIN ALTITUDE, BUT HIS AIRSPEED WAS TOO SLOW.  HE CROSSED THE AIRPORT ROAD ON A HEADING EAST SOUTHEAST WHERE HIS NOSE WHEEL SKIDDED AND DUG INTO THE GROUND OF A PEANUT FIELD CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER AND LAND UPSIDE DOWN 211 FEET FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 10.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP, BUCKLING OF THE SKIN AFT OF THE PILOT AND PASSENGER DOORS.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED AND AGREED TO RECEIVE DUAL TRAINING IN THIS TYPE AIRCRAFT.

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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