# Incident 20130915016749I: Cessna 177B, Simsbury, CT, September 15, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2013, 10:15 local time
- Place: Simsbury, CT
- Airport: Simsbury
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9162° N, 72.7769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIMSBURY (4B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9162&lon=-72.7769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30981, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30981-2017-11-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (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 177B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,290 total, 191 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130915016749I

## Narrative

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

ON GO AROUND PILOT FLEW THROUGH TREES AT END OF RUNWAY, LH HORIZONTAL STAB TIP STRUCK TREES AND PLASTIC TIP BROKE OFF.

## Other reports on N30981 (1)

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

- [Accident 20150407005529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150407005529A), Apr 7, 2015: Cessna 177B (N30981), Jennings, LA, Substantial damage. Main gear came down first with a hard nose gear landing. Front tire blew out forcing aircraft right side into grass. Nose gear broke off. Aircraft nosed into…

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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