# Accident 20160731008659A: Cessna 177A, Kalispell, MT, July 31, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2016, 07:45 local time
- Place: Kalispell, MT
- Airport: Schafer Meadows
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0797° N, 113.2444° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0797&lon=-113.2444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30550, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30550-2017-01-23) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 642 total, 280 in this make and model, 121 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA406](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA406) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160731008659A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 31, 2016, AT 0645 MDT, A CESSNA 177, N30550, REGISTERED TO POTATO IN THE FRONT LLC, FLIPPED OVER AFTER AN ABORTED TAKEOFF AT SCHAFER MEADOWS AIRSTRIP (8U2), MONTANA, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SCHAFER MEADOWS AIRSTRIP (8U2) ON JULY 31, 2016, AT 0640 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 GAA16CA406](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA406), Jul 31, 2016: Cessna 177 (N30550), Kalispell, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane's hard landing during an aborted takeoff, following an encounter with a downdraft during takeoff initial climb from a remote mountain airstrip, resulting in an uncontrolled descent,…

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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