# Accident 20250624011879A: Cessna 177B, Calera, AL, June 24, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2025, 10:54 local time
- Place: Calera, AL
- Airport: Shelby County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1776° N, 86.7815° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1776&lon=-86.7815&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34655, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34655) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 8 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA244) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250624011879A

## Narrative

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

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 .

## 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 ERA25LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA244), Jun 24, 2025: Cessna 177B (N34655), Calera, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of control during landing.

## Other reports on N34655 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20161107022729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161107022729I), Nov 7, 2016: Cessna 177B (N34655), New London, CT, Minor damage. On 11/7/2016 N34655 a Cessna 177 was landing on runway 05 at Groton airport. The pilot stated he was demonstrating short field landings to another pilot. The…

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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