# Accident 20080504839089A: Cessna 177, Bellefontaine, OH, May 4, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2008, 18:30 local time
- Place: Bellefontaine, OH
- Airport: Bellefontaine Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3722° N, 83.8189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3722&lon=-83.8189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29650, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29650-2013-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 86 total, 10 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080504839089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS LANDING AT BELLEFONTAINE REGIONAL AIRPORT (EDJ) RUNWAY 7 AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 LOCAL.  AT 1830 THE WEATHER WAS WINDS CALM, VISIBILITY GREATER THAN 10, A FEW CLOUDS AT 4700 AND THE TEMPERATURE DEWPOINT 14/3.  JUST PRIOR TO AND AFTER THE TIME OF THE LANDING THE WINDS SHOWED A SLIGHT TAILWIND OF APPROXIMATELY SIX KNOTS.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE BOUNCED ON LANDING AND HE DECIDED TO GO AROUND.  HE SELECTED FULL THROTTLE AND FLAPS UP.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT EXITING THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY A 70 DEGREE ANGLE.  HE BECAME TEMPORARILY AIRBORNE DUE TO DESCENDING LANDSCAPE.  HE CONTACTED THE GROUND AS THE LAND BEGAN TO RISE.  HE WENT THROUGH A 10 FOOT CYCLONE FENCE WITH FULL THROTTLE DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CHI08CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA120), May 4, 2008: Cessna 177 (N29650), Bellefontaine, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the aborted landing. Contributing to the accident was the fence.

## Other reports on N29650 (1)

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

- [Accident 20040925022879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040925022879A), Sep 25, 2004: Cessna 177 (N29650), Greenville, SC, Substantial damage. (-23) On a return flight of personal nature with 3 pax on board from mjd Mississippi, pilot edward seaborn was descending to land at gmu Greenville SC in a…

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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