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FAA incident report · Cessna 177B · Charleston, WV · July 15, 1997

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Date
July 15, 1997 · 14:36 local
Place
Charleston, WV
Airport
Yeager
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N13804
Reported as
Cessna 177B
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total900 in this make and model47 in the last 90 days
N13804Registered now · Cessna 177BS/N 17702470Airframe modelCessna 177BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Narrative: Cessna aircraft N13804, piloted by richard morton venable, private pilot certificate no.232403308, attempted to land on runway 33 at the Yeager Airport in Charleston, west Virginia. The pilot stated that upon receiving a land and hold short clearance from the control tower while he was on final approach, he became a little nervous and saw that his approach was too high. He attempted to compensate by making his approach steeper, but this resulted in too much speed which caused the aircraft to float. The pilot then pushed the nose of the aircraft over to make contact with the runway, which caused the aircraft to bounce hard on the nose wheel and subsequently separate from the aircraft. The aircraft ran off of the runway and the broken nose gear dug into the turf along the runway and caused the aircraft to flip over on to its top. As a result of this incident the aircraft received minor damage but the pilot, who was the only occupant was uninjured. Submission of this report closes this incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: CESSNA AIRCRAFT N13804, PILOTED BY RICHARD MORTON VENABLE, PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NO.232403308, ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 33 AT THE YEAGER AIRPORT IN CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA. THE PILOT STATED THAT UPON RECEIVING A LAND AND HOLD SHORT CLEARANCE FROM THE CONTROL TOWER WHILE HE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH, HE BECAME A LITTLE NERVOUS AND SAW THAT HIS APPROACH WAS TOO HIGH. HE ATTEMPTED TO COMPENSATE BY MAKING HIS APPROACH STEEPER, BUT THIS RESULTED IN TOO MUCH SPEED WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLOAT. THE PILOT THEN PUSHED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT OVER TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE HARD ON THE NOSE WHEEL AND SUBSEQUENTLY SEPARATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND THE BROKEN NOSE GEAR DUG INTO THE TURF ALONG THE RUNWAY AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER ON TO ITS TOP. AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE BUT THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT WAS UNINJURED. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.