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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 177B · Calera, AL · June 24, 2025

Date
June 24, 2025 · 10:54 local
Place
Calera, AL
Airport
Shelby County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N34655
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA25LA244
Reported as
Cessna 177B
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total8 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During landing the aircraft touhed down on both main wheels normally, the nose wheel touched down and the aircraft imediately veered left off the runway. Heading for ground crew on a mower. Pilot took evasive action to miss ground personnel, then became partially airborne and the nose landed hard on the runway suffering a prop strike .

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT TOUHED DOWN ON BOTH MAIN WHEELS NORMALLY, THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT IMEDIATELY VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY. HEADING FOR GROUND CREW ON A MOWER. PILOT TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TO MISS GROUND PERSONNEL, THEN BECAME PARTIALLY AIRBORNE AND THE NOSE LANDED HARD ON THE RUNWAY SUFFERING A PROP STRIKE .

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N34655 · 1

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