# Accident 20240921017689A: Cessna 177B, Redlands, CA, September 21, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2024, 19:17 local time
- Place: Redlands, CA
- Airport: Redlands
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0000° N, 117.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0000&lon=-117.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177SX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N177SX-2025-04-28) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 5 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA310) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240921017689A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT NIGHT AND THAT THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR WAS DIM AND HARD TO READ. SO THE PILOT WAS FIXATED ON THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR AND LOST SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ON THIER APPRAOCH TO LANDING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND STURCK THE NOSE GEAR FIRST WHICH CAUSED IT TO PITCHED 90 DEGREES WHICH CAUSED THE MAIN STRUT TO CONTACT THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SLID 150 FT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND CAUGHT ON FIRE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BE  DESTROYED.

## 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 WPR24LA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA310), Sep 22, 2024: Cessna 177B (N177SX), Redlands, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during final approach, which resulted in a collision with rocky terrain.

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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