# Accident 20260528007299A: Cessna 177B, Big Creek, ID, May 28, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2026, 11:58 local time
- Place: Big Creek, ID
- Airport: Big Creek
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1285° N, 115.3233° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1285&lon=-115.3233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13430, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13430) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 25,080 total, 61 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR26LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA206) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260528007299A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 28TH AROUND 1158 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT U60 IN BIG CREEK IDAHO. ON RUNWAY 19, PILOT STATED THAT HE PERFORMED AN UPWIND PASS OF THE FIELD THEN ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON THE DOWNWIND. PILOT PERFORMED A GO-AROUND ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT WITH A LONGER DOWNWIND LEG AND FULL FLAPS, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN TOO FAST. THE PILOT PULLED BACK AT THE CONTROLS, WITH ENGINE AT IDLE, TO AVOID VEHICLES PARKED AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE JUST BEFORE IT STRUCK A UTV WITH THE NOSE WHEEL/UNDER BELLY AND A SIGN POST THAT STRUCK THE LEFT WING. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED RAPIDLY BACK TO THE GROUND, COLLAPSING THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, SLID ACROSS THE GROUND, SPUN 180°, AND CAME TO REST FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE ASSISTED BY LOCAL OBSERVERS. AN AIR AMBULANCE HELICOPTER WAS DISPATCHED AND TRANSPORTED BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL. PILOT DISCLOSED THAT HE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE PASSENGER WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH A BROKEN FOOT AND UNSPECIFIED SPINAL INJURIES.

## 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 WPR26LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA206), May 28, 2026: Cessna 177 (N13430), Cascade, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper approach, which resulted in a faster than normal touchdown and subsequent 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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