# NTSB investigations: Cessna 177: Loss of control - on ground/water

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 NYC02LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA137.md): Cessna 177 · Millville, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 5, 2002 · N29321 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper bounced landing recovery. A factor was the dark night conditions.
- [NTSB CHI01LA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA289.md): Cessna 177 · South Haven, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 14, 2001 · N2949X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot not maintaining aircraft control during the landing. Factors to the accident were the pilot not performing a go-around and the ditch.
- [NTSB ATL01LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA069.md): Cessna 177 · Milledgeville, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 29, 2001 · N3381T · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control and the subsequent collision with an object during an attempted landing. A factor was porpoise induced oscillation.
- [NTSB NYC97LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA086.md): Cessna 177 · Lancaster, OH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 30, 1997 · N2921X · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor's inadequate supervision and his failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in the airplane departing the runway and striking the precision approach path indicator lights.
- [NTSB ATL96LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA126.md): Cessna 177 · Lyon, MS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 12, 1996 · N29464 · Substantial damage
  > the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during a touch-and-go landing, which resulted in a ground swerve. The gusty crosswind condition was a related factor.
- [NTSB FTW92LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA179.md): Cessna 177 · Nacogdoches, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 13, 1992 · N3425T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Factors were the inadvertent porpoise of the airplane and the pilot's lack of total experience in the type airplane.
- [NTSB FTW92LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA021.md): Cessna 177 · Santa Teresa, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 7, 1991 · N29348 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to initiate corrective action in a timely fashion.
- [NTSB NYC89LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA026.md): Cessna 177 · Pittstown, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 12, 1988 · N3208T · Substantial damage
  > Uncontrolled contact with trees after the pilot lost directional control of the aircraft during an attempted landing.
- [NTSB ATL89LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA010.md): Cessna 177 · Greensboro, NC · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 8, 1988 · N29550 · Substantial damage
  > The plt had landed at southeast Greensboro earlier. He departed on rwy 35 and remained in closed traffic for landing. The td was made in the first 100 feet of the downsloped rwy at about 70 mph. The flaps were retracted and the plt reptd that a gust of wind…
- [NTSB NYC88LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA244.md): Cessna 177 · Machias, ME · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 27, 1988 · N2839X · Substantial damage
  > The plt was practicing night takeoffs and landings. He stated that he had successfully accomplished two full stop landings. After the third landing, he applied full power to execute a go-around. The pilot said the airplane pulled to the left so he reduced 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" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2073704&occurrence=260

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