N7577V – Cessna 177RG – 1994-10-15 NTSB Accident Report

On October 15, 1994, a Cessna 177RG (N7577V) was involved in an incident near Laytonville, CA. All 2 people aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: Were the pilot's failure to maintain the proper airspeed and attain the proper touchdown point.

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.

This incident is documented in NTSB report LAX95LA009. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N7577V.