# Accident 20170526004579A: Cessna 177A, Plainwell, MI, May 26, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2017, 13:00 local time
- Place: Plainwell, MI
- Airport: Plainwell Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4678° N, 85.6481° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4678&lon=-85.6481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30462, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30462-2019-05-20) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 773 total, 98 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17CA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17CA218) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170526004579A

## Narrative

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

WITNESS STATEMENT " CARDINAL WAS  CIRCLING EAST OF THE PLAINWELL AIRPORT APPROXIMATE ALTITUDE 700 AGL . CARDINAL WAS NEXT OBSERVED  ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 27 AND TOUCHED DOWN BEYOND THE NORTH/SOUTH GRASS RUNWAY. THE WITNESS SAID THE FLAPS WERE ESTIMATED AT 20 DEGREES AT THAT TIME. THE WITNESS THEN DROVE HIS VEHICLE TO THE 131 FREEWAY OVERPASS ON 106TH STREET AND SAW THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME." FAA IIC OBSERVED SKID MARKS AT THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE FROM THE LEFT AND RIGHT GEAR THE LAST 500 FEET OF RUNWAY 27. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED STRAIGHT AHEAD, CRASHED THRU A PERIMETER FENCE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, AND NOSED INTO A DITCH ABOUT 100 FEET FROM STATE HIGHWAY 131. THE ALLEGAN COUNTY SHERRIFF'S DEPUTY ON THE SCENE SAID THE PILOT TOLD HIM HE LANDED LONG AND THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY THE LAST FLIGHT HE WOULD EVER TAKE AGAIN.

## 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 CEN17CA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17CA218), May 26, 2017: Cessna 177 (N30462), Plainwell, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper approach to landing and his failure to perform a go-around, which resulted in a runway overrun.

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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