# NTSB LAX95LA009: Cessna 177RG, N7577V, Laytonville, CA, October 15, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 15, 1994, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Laytonville, CA
- Coordinates: 39.799205, -123.500198 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7992&lon=-123.5002&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 12, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 28963
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX95LA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/28963/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA009

## Probable cause

were the pilot's failure to maintain the proper airspeed and attain the proper touchdown point.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS COMPLETING A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES PERSONAL FLIGHT.  THE PILOT FAILED TO MAKE THE INITIAL LANDING AND EXECUTED A GO-AROUND.  ON THE SECOND LANDING, THE AIRPLANE LANDED LONG, OVERRAN THE RUNWAY AND WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.

## Factual narrative

On October 15, 1994, at 1300 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 177RG, N7577V, overran the end of the runway at a privately owned airstrip, Clark Ranch, near Laytonville, California.  The pilot was completing a visual flight rules personal flight.  The airplane, registered to and operated by the pilot, sustained substantial damage.  Neither the certificated private pilot nor his passenger was injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at Smith Ranch Airport, San Rafael, California, at 1130 hours.

The pilot said in the aircraft accident report that he executed a go-around on the initial approach to the airport.  He said that on the second landing he could not stop the airplane and it overran the end of the runway.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7577V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7577V), registered now, S/N 177RG0868, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 177RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 177RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (registry code 2073709) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (registry code 41593, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 177RG0868
- Airframe hours: 1937
- Engines: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Herman E. Frenteel
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 16, 1993, 97 hours before
- Departed: CA35, SAN RAFAEL, CA
- Airport: Clark Ranch, runway 34, 2,000 × 50 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,118 total, 900 in this make and model, 2,000 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 22 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19941015034969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941015034969A), Oct 15, 1994: Cessna 177RG, Laytonville, CA, Substantial damage. Too high initial landing. Went around. Second landing. Landed long overran runway down embankment.

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.

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