19790828044159A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 177B · Bloomington, IN · August 28, 1979

Date
August 28, 1979 · 05:22 local
Place
Bloomington, IN
Airport
Monroe Co
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N34457
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI79DA068
Reported as
Cessna 177B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
266 total138 in this make and model23 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.

Airplane struck ground near middle marker on ILS approach in near zero weather conditions. Low time IFR pilot.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE STRUCK GROUND NEAR MIDDLE MARKER ON ILS APPROACH IN NEAR ZERO WEATHER CONDITIONS. LOW TIME IFR PILOT.

NTSB investigation

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