20040829035459A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 177 · Warrenton, VA · August 29, 2004

Date
August 29, 2004 · 11:05 local
Place
Warrenton, VA
Airport
Warrenton-Fauquier Airport
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2975X
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC04CA200
Reported as
Cessna 177
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
392 total10 in this make and model18 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 attempted to land on runway 14 at W66. Landed long then attempted to execute a rejected landing. During the takeoff attempt the tail of aircraft struck ground at an embankment. The vertical stabilizer, rudder and horizontal stabilizer separated from the aircraft. The aircraft pitched nose down and the prop struck the runway. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 14 AT W66. LANDED LONG THEN ATTEMPTED TO EXECUTE A REJECTED LANDING. DURING THE TAKEOFF ATTEMPT THE TAIL OF AIRCRAFT STRUCK GROUND AT AN EMBANKMENT. THE VERTICAL STABILIZER, RUDDER AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED NOSE DOWN AND THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.