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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 177A · Laurel, MT · March 23, 1998

Date
March 23, 1998 · 17:00 local
Place
Laurel, MT
Airport
Laurel Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N177MT
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA98LA049
Reported as
Cessna 177A
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
129 total33 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Bounced landing. Began go around to slow. Lost control. Indicates a wing stalled on premature lift off. (.4)the pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings in a crosswind. On the second landing, the airplane developed an excessive sink rate on final, hit hard and bounced into the air. The pilot added full power to go around but did not reach flying speed. The airplane drifted off to the left side of the runway and impacted the terrain. (-23)lost diredtional control during a go-around initiated after bounced during practice crosswind landing.

As the FAA filed it

BOUNCED LANDING. BEGAN GO AROUND TO SLOW. LOST CONTROL. INDICATES A WING STALLED ON PREMATURE LIFT OFF. (.4)THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS IN A CROSSWIND. ON THE SECOND LANDING, THE AIRPLANE DEVELOPED AN EXCESSIVE SINK RATE ON FINAL, HIT HARD AND BOUNCED INTO THE AIR. THE PILOT ADDED FULL POWER TO GO AROUND BUT DID NOT REACH FLYING SPEED. THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN. (-23)LOST DIREDTIONAL CONTROL DURING A GO-AROUND INITIATED AFTER BOUNCED DURING PRACTICE CROSSWIND 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.