# Accident 20150921017589A: Cessna 177RG, Aztec, NM, September 21, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2015, 06:58 local time
- Place: Aztec, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8369° N, 108.0286° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8369&lon=-108.0286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1875Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,192 total, 1,063 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA300) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150921017589A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2015 AT 0658 MDT, A CESSNA  CE-177-RG,  N1875Q  , TOUCHED DOWN OFF THE RUNWAY 75 FEET NORTH OF RUNWAY 8 IN SCRUB BRUSH  ON LANDING AT AZTEC MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, AZTEC NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT, FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT NAVAJO LAKE AIRPORT, NEW MEXICO (1V0) ON SEPTEMBER 21 AT 0630 MDT.

## 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 GAA15CA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA300), Sep 21, 2015: Cessna 177RG (N1875Q), Aztec, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and an impact with shrubs.

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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