Cessna 177 N2975X

Summary

On 29 August 2004 at about 15:15 local time, a Cessna 177 registered N2975X, operated by Gordon C. Alling, was involved in an accident near Warrenton, Virginia, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

29 August 2004 at 15:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Warrenton, Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Warrenton-Fauquier Airport (W66)

Coordinates

38.5869, -77.7114

Aircraft

Cessna 177

Registration

N2975X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Gordon C. Alling

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fredricksburg → Warrenton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC04CA200

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's incorrect aborted landing procedure, which resulted in a collision with terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While on final approach, the airplane was too low, and the pilot increased engine power to correct. However, the pilot overcorrected, and the airplane landed long. The pilot then attempted to abort the landing by adding full power, and fully retracting the flaps. During the attempt, the airplane's empennage struck an embankment, separated, and the airplane came to rest upright at the departure end of the runway. Review of an owner's manual for the make and model airplane revealed that the flaps should have been retracted half-way during an aborted landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.