# Accident 20140606008259A: Cessna 177A, Sauk Centre, MN, June 6, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2014, 09:45 local time
- Place: Sauk Centre, MN
- Airport: Sauk Centre Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7067° N, 94.9381° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7067&lon=-94.9381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30537, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30537-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177A (registry code 2073706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177a) (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 177A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,350 total, 310 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA279) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140606008259A

## Narrative

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

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 32 AT SAUK CENTRE, MN AIRPORT (D39) AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE.  PILOT DECIDED TO INITIATE A GO AROUND AFTER SECOND BOUNCE.   ON INITIAL CLIMB OUT ON GO AROUND, AIRCRAFT TURNED TO THE LEFT AND STARTED LOOSING ALTITUDE.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE YOKE WAS PULLED ALL THE WAY BACK AND THE THROTTLE WAS FULL IN AND HE WAS APPLYING RIGHT RUDDER TO ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE LEFT TURN.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE DEVELOPING POWER.  AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS WEST OF AND 700 YARDS DOWN RUNWAY 32 ON A SOUTHERLY HEADING AND NOSED OVER ENDING UP ON ITS BACK.

## 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 CEN14LA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA279), Jun 6, 2014: Cessna 177A (N30537), Sauk Centre, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle-of-attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s…

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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