# Accident 20140702013979A: Cessna 177B, Grass Valley, CA, July 2, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2014, 09:30 local time
- Place: Grass Valley, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2203° N, 121.0527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grass Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2203&lon=-121.0527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30727, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30727) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,125 total, 1,414 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140702013979A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RAN OFF RUNWAY AND INTO A DITCH DURING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WHEN PILOTS FOOT BECAME LODGED IN THE RUDDER PEDALS.  THIS PILOT HAD NOT FLOWN IN THE LAST 11 MONTHS AND WAS COMPLETING HIS 3RD TAKEOFF AND LANDING FOR CURRENCY WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.  THE FIREWALL WAS DAMAGED UPGRADING THIS INCIDENT TO AN ACCIDENT.

ALTHOUGH THIS REPORT INDICATES THAT THE AIRMEN HAD LOGGED 1 HR IN THE LAST 90 DAYS (PILOT INFORMATION - 31H), THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD ONLY 0.3 HOURS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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