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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Tucson, AZ · July 4, 2003

Date
July 4, 2003 · 12:23 local
Place
Tucson, AZ
Airport
Ryan Field Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8074G
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,015 total370 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot stated he experienced a gust of wind (possible dust devil), blew him off the runway. Pilot also stated that if the airport design did not have ditches along the runway he would have not hit it. At this time, no causal factors are known.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED HE EXPERIENCED A GUST OF WIND (POSSIBLE DUST DEVIL), BLEW HIM OFF THE RUNWAY. PILOT ALSO STATED THAT IF THE AIRPORT DESIGN DID NOT HAVE DITCHES ALONG THE RUNWAY HE WOULD HAVE NOT HIT IT. AT THIS TIME, NO CAUSAL FACTORS ARE KNOWN.