# Incident 20020706020709I: Cessna 177, Fowlerville, MI, July 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2002, 12:20 local time
- Place: Fowlerville, MI
- Airport: Maple Grove Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6594° N, 84.0737° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fowlerville, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6594&lon=-84.0737&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2837X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2837X) (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 O360A4M
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 249 total, 4 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020706020709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PREFLIGHT NORMAL, TANKS HALF FULL, OAT 75-80 DEGREES, CLEAR, SUNNY DAY, NO WIND. TAKEOFF NORMAL, 10 MINUTE FLIGHT AROUND FOWLERVILLE, MI, THEN TURNED FOR NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING, FLAPS SET AT 30. TOUCHDOWN AT 1/3 DOWN RUNWAY. PLANE BALLOONED, PORPOISED. PILOT REACTED BY PLACING FLAPS UP. AIRCRAFT LOST ALTITUDE AND SECOND TOUCHDOWN WAS ROUGH. PLANE CONTINUED TO PORPOISE, DEVIATED LEFT OF CENTER LINE AND DID NOT SLOW. PILOT ADDED POWER TO GO AROUND. LEFT SIDE OF TAIL HIT A RUNWAY MARKER CONE, FOLLOWED BY RIGHT SIDE TAIL HITTING A MARKER CONE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE PLANE, TOUCHED DOWN ONCE IN A BEAN FIELD, PULLED OFF POWER, AND TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN. THE NOSE STRUT FOLDED AND BROKE. THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED TO A STOP. NO ONE WAS INJURED.

## Other reports on N2837X (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20220416005549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220416005549A), Apr 16, 2022: Cessna 177 (N2837X), Deer Valley, AZ, Substantial damage. While doing a touch and go at Deer Valley Airport the aircraft landed hard and bounced twice hitting a runway light and veering off the runway before…

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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