# Incident 19970715034989I: Cessna 177B, Charleston, WV, July 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1997, 14:36 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3731° N, 81.5932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3731&lon=-81.5932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13804, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13804) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 900 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970715034989I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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