# Accident 19990306035879A: Cessna 177, West Palm Beach, FL, March 6, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1999, 19:00 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach County Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5802° N, 80.0703° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5802&lon=-80.0703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2890X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2890X-2017-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (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 177
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 62 total, 31 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990306035879A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON MARCH 6, 1999, ABOUT 1430 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 177, N2890X, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, CRASHED DURING LANDING AT LANTANA AIRPORT, LANTANA, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED THE LANTANA AIRPORT ABOUT 1330. THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON RUNWAY 15, BOUNCED, AND LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR.  THE PILOT TAXIED TO THE PARKING AREA AND NOTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS DAMAGED.  THE PILOT SAID HIS STBILATOR HAD JAMMED, BUT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE AFTER THE ACCIDENT REVEALED IMPACT DAMAGE AROUND THE STABILATOR. (.4) THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 15, AND WAS ON HIS FOURTH TAKEOFF.  HE SAID, '...ON THE DOWNWIND I WENT TO PUSH THE CONTROL FORWARD AND IT WOULD NOT GO.'  HE ATTEMPT AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 15, BUT ON FINAL HE WAS TOO HIGH AND DECIDED TO GO AROUND AND TRY ANOTHER APPROACH.  THE PILOT SAID, '...I WAS ON FINAL I WAS AT 400 [FEET] AGL, AND CUT THE POWER BACK TO IDLE AND HIT THE RUNWAY ABOUT 100 MPH.  THE PLANE WENT END TO END SEVERAL TIMES AND H IT THE RUNWAY SEVERAL TIMES...I ENDED UP ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE GRASS.' THE PILOT TAXIED THE AIRPLANE TO THE PARKING AREA AND NOTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS DAMAGED. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED A STOP DRILLED CRACK IN THE TAIL CONE FAIRING ASSEMBLY ADJACENT TO THE ELEVATOR THAT APPEARED TO INTERFERE WITH THE TRAVEL OF THE FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACE.  FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE TAIL CONE HAD SUSTAINED IMPACT DAMAGE IN THE AREA OF THE STOP DRILL CRACK.  ACCORDING TO THE FAA INSPECTOR THE IMPACT DAMAGE CAUSED THE INTERFERENCE WITH THE TRAVEL OF THE FLIGHT CONTROL, AND THAT THE CRUSH OCCURRED AFTER THE PILOT HAD MADE A HARD LANDING, CAUSING THE DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA99LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA101), Mar 6, 1999: Cessna 177 (N2890X), Lantana, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot misjudged the flare, resulting in a hard landing, and subsequent impact with the runway.

## Other reports on N2890X (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20010514014749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010514014749A), May 14, 2001: Cessna 177 (N2890X), Zephyrhills, FL, No damage. (-23) The pilot-in-command of N2890X, Mr. Danny abbruzzese, requested a fuel uplift of twenty gallons of fuel at key west, Florida (eyw). He then departed key…

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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