# NTSB investigations: Cessna 177: In flight encounter with weather

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ATL03FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA061.md): Cessna 177 · Old Fort, NC · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 14, 2003 · N3275T · Destroyed
  > The pilot's decision to continue VFR flight into IMC and his failure to maintain terrain clearance which resulted in an in-flight collision with mountainous terrain.
- [NTSB SEA99LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA025.md): Cessna 177 · Bellingham, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 26, 1998 · N2355Y · Substantial damage
  > Inadequate preflight planning/preparation, and the pilot's failure to maintain altitude. VFR flight into IMC conditions and cloudy weather conditions were factors.
- [NTSB CHI97LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA036.md): Cessna 177 · Regan, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 3, 1996 · N30255 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's intentional flight into adverse weather. Factors were clouds, the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision making, his poor evaluation of the weather, and the encounter with unsuitable terrain for landing.
- [NTSB ATL90LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA152.md): Cessna 177 · Windsor, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 29, 1990 · N3184T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the flare phase of the approach. Contributing to the accident was the gusty wind condition on final caused by thunderstorm activity in the vicinity of the landing area. The pilot did not…
- [NTSB LAX90FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA016.md): Cessna 177 · So Lake Tahoe, CA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 24, 1989 · N30228 · Destroyed
  > The pilot's decision to continue VFR flight after encountering instrument meteorological conditions.
- [NTSB NYC85FFA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FFA02.md): Cessna 177 · Claryville, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Apr 23, 1985 · N3401T · Substantial damage
  > The acft impacted trees during a precautionary lndg due to the plts EST of a low fuel state. The flt had proceeded r enroute to an intended dest of oxford me from frederick MD without filling a flt plan. After aprx 3 hrs of flying on a 60 degree mag hdg the…
- [NTSB CHI83LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA065.md): Cessna 177 · Dayton, OH · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 25, 1982 · N3136T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot took off with an estimate 4 hrs of fuel on board. While en route, he encountered headwinds that were stronger than expected. After about 3 hrs and 48 min of flight, he was still about 27 to 28 mi from his destination and diverted to the Dayton…
- [NTSB CHI83FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA050.md): Cessna 177 · Medina, OH · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 1, 1982 · N29528 · Destroyed
  > At about 1430 EST, the pilot took off from freedom field, Medina, OH in VFR conditions. When he returned about 3 hrs later at dusk, the weather was estimated to be: 400 ft overcast, 3/4 mi visibility with fog. A flight instructor heard the plane fly over the…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2073704')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 240))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2073704&occurrence=240

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