- Date
- August 31, 2024, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lawrence, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N29411Cessna 177
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20240831017559A
- Case key
- 195045
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the take-off roll, the airplane veered to the left. The pilot put in right rudder to try to correct to the right. However, the airplane continued to the left, departed the runway, and came to rest in the grass. The fuselage was substantially damaged. A postaccident examination of the flight controls revealed nothing mechanically wrong with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. The pilot did not return The National Transportation Safety Board Form 6120.1 – Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29411
- Reported as
- Cessna 177 (B)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700871
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Destination
- LWC · Lawrence, KS
- Airport
- LWC · Lawrence Regional Airport, runway 15, 5,700 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 75
- Injuries
- Unknown
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- BasicMed, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 0 total · 0 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Observed at
- LWC
- METAR
- 311652Z AUTO 09005KT 10SM CLR 26/17 A3015
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 10, 2025, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.