# NTSB investigations: Cessna 177B, TX

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 CEN27LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN27LA023.md): Cessna 177B · Bolivar, TX · Accident · Limited investigation · Investigation open · Oct 20, 2026 · N30718
- [NTSB GAA17CA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA274.md): Cessna 177 · Frankston, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 10, 2017 · N34207 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s loss of runway visibility during landing in rain, which resulted in the pilot’s loss of situational awareness and subsequent loss of airplane control.
- [NTSB CEN14LA388](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA388.md): Cessna 177B · Georgetown, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 20, 2014 · N5511B · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB CEN12LA524](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA524.md): Cessna 177B · Carthage, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 7, 2012 · N17201 · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power during a low-level aerial observation flight as the result of the wearing of the rocker arm tip due to a thin carburized case layer, which resulted in a forced landing.
- [NTSB FTW95LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA118.md): Cessna 177B · Terlingua, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 20, 1995 · N34958 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Factors were his decision to land on the unlit runway and the dusk light conditions.
- [NTSB FTW93LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA240.md): Cessna 177B · Houston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 16, 1993 · N34689 · Substantial damage
  > Engine power loss due to fuel exhaustion for undetermined reasons. Factors were the pilot's failure to monitor and recalculate fuel consumption en route and the lack of suitable terrain onto which the forced landing could have been executed.
- [NTSB FTW93LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA234.md): Cessna 177B · Grand Prairie, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 9, 1993 · N34293 · Substantial damage
  > Loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of a leaking fuel line. The fuel line was not the correct part as a result of a misidentification by Cessna.
- [NTSB FTW86LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA108.md): Cessna 177B · Odessa, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 13, 1986 · N34889 · Substantial damage
  > According to the pax, the plt had been drinking prior to the flt. After takeoff, the plt decided that perhaps he was not in any condition to fly, so he elected to return to the arpt & land. Rprtdly, his seat belt had gotten caught in the door, & on final…
- [NTSB FTW83LA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA215.md): Cessna 177B · Port Aransas, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · May 2, 1983 · N34581 · Destroyed
  > During a wx briefing, the non-instrument rated plt was told to expect no significant en route wx, but was advised of lower ceilings along the coastline, later that night. There were no records of en route wx briefings. When the acft was about 40 mi northwest…
- [NTSB FTW80FRA37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRA37.md): Cessna 177 · Schulenberg, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jun 8, 1980 · N11950 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW79FQD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FQD01.md): Cessna 177B · Van Horn, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Nov 21, 1978 · N13380 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW78DRA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DRA10.md): Cessna 177 · Orange, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Dec 14, 1977 · N13734 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW77DQD26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DQD26.md): Cessna 177B · Pecos, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Aug 22, 1977 · N34760 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW76FPD59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FPD59.md): Cessna 177B · Paris, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 11, 1976 · N34265 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW75FRG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FRG52.md): Cessna 177 · Sisterdale, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jan 25, 1975 · N34121 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW73DRG61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DRG61.md): Cessna 177 · Port Lavaca, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Mar 24, 1973 · N30670 · Substantial damage

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'TX' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2073708'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2073708&state=TX

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