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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 177 · Bradford, PA · July 27, 2009

Date
July 27, 2009 · 14:52 local
Place
Bradford, PA
Airport
Bradford County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2980X
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA09CA425
Reported as
Cessna 177
Reported engine
Lycoming I0-360 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
3
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total100 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Pilot elected to abort landing. During go-around aircraft stalled and impacted rock filled culvert located 50 feet off left side of runway. Aircraft destroyed. All landing gear sheared off, significant structural damage to fuselage and engine compartment.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT LANDING. DURING GO-AROUND AIRCRAFT STALLED AND IMPACTED ROCK FILLED CULVERT LOCATED 50 FEET OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED. ALL LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF, SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

NTSB investigation

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