# NTSB Accident SEA02LA147
> **Cessna 177B** · 2002-08-01 · Elma, WA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA02LA147
- **Event ID:** 20020809X01362
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-08-01
- **Location:** Elma, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 46.988334, -123.433891
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 177B
- **Registration:** N34633
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a bounced landing and recovery resulting in the aircraft's departing the runway.  Contributing factors were the high brush/vegetation the aircraft rolled into and the pilot's reduced visual acquisition of the runway environment due to the aircraft's nose high attitude.

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