# Accident 19990810011619A: Cessna 177, Boulder City, NV, August 10, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1999, 14:40 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Airport: Boulder City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9890° N, 114.8109° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9890&lon=-114.8109&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29437, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29437-2000-06-26) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99FA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA266) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990810011619A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED IN A MOUNTAINOUS AREA UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE PILOT HAS SERIOUS INJURIES, THE PASSENGER SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED. (-23) THE ABOVE A/C WAS OBSERVED BY WITNESSES WHO RELATED IN ESSENCE THAT THE A/C WAS FLYING WESTBOUND UP EL DORADO WASH. IN A RISING TERRAIN AT A VERY SLOW SPEED AND BELOW THE SURROUNDING RIDGES AT A LOW ALTITUDE. THE A/C WAS THEN OBSERVED MAKING A SHARP LEFT BANK TO EASTBOUND SIMULTANEOUSLY STRIKING THE NORTH BANK OF THE CANYON.

## 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 LAX99FA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA266), Aug 10, 1999: Cessna 177 (N29437), Boulder City, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight and his failure to maintain an adequate airspeed and altitude margin while conducting low altitude maneuvers in an area of strong gusty…

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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