# Accident 20030529012239A: Cessna 177RG, Wilmington, NC, May 29, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2003, 15:19 local time
- Place: Wilmington, NC
- Airport: New Hanover County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2689° N, 77.9025° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2689&lon=-77.9025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33223 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 95 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030529012239A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT ILM IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE LANDING WAS NORMAL, BUT HE LOST CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND OFF THE RUNWAY. A CONVERSATION WITH THE MECHANIC AT AIR WILMINGTON, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IS NORMALLY KEPT AND WHERE THE MAINTENANCE IS DONE REVEALED THE LEFT LANDING GEAR WAS BENT, THE FLOOR BUCKLED ABOVE THE LANDING GEAR, THE FIREWALL BENT, AND THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. IT APPEARS THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD, THE LEFT GEAR PARTIALLY COLLAPSED, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ATL03LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA099), May 29, 2003: Cessna 177RG (N33223), Wilmington, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. A factor was the ditch.

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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