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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 177B · Clearwater, FL · July 27, 1979

Date
July 27, 1979 · 11:00 local
Place
Clearwater, FL
Airport
Clearwater
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N19405
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FLD88
Reported as
Cessna 177B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
385 total11 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landed, acft ballooned off rwy. Came down very hard on main gear. Failed to recover from bad landing.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED, ACFT BALLOONED OFF RWY. CAME DOWN VERY HARD ON MAIN GEAR. FAILED TO RECOVER FROM BAD LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.