# Accident 20070916020919A: Cessna 177RG, Compton, CA, September 16, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2007, 14:25 local time
- Place: Compton, CA
- Airport: Compton/Woodley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8900° N, 118.2436° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8900&lon=-118.2436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1844Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1844Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total, 120 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07CA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA276) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070916020919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WAS CAUGHT BY AN UNEXPECTED GUST OF WIND FROM THE SOUTH AND HE LOST CONTROL DURING HIS EFFORTS TO COUNTERACT THE EFFECT OF THE CROSSWIND. ACCORDING TO A CFI RATED WITNESS INTERVIEWED THE FOLLOWING DAY AT COMPTON-WOODLEY AIRPORT THE PILOT WAS OBSERVED MAKING MULTIPLE TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS AT CPM UNDER A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT, ORIGINATING AT HHR. THE C-177RG, N1844Q WAS LANDING TO RUNWAY 25L. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO HAVE FULLY EXTENDED WING-FLAPS. UPON THE 5TH LANDING THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A "HARD LANDING AND PORPOISED BACK INTO THE AIR IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE." THIS RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT LANDING HARD IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE, THE FRONT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSING AND THE AIRPLANE PIVOTING ABOUT ITS LEFT WING-TIP AND COMING TO REST NEARLY 600 FEET AWAY POINTING IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION, ON ITS MAIN LANDING GEAR ONLY.

## 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 LAX07CA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA276), Sep 16, 2007: Cessna 177RG (N1844Q), Compton, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot misjudged the flare resulting in a hard landing and loss of aircraft control.

## Other reports on N1844Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19920429019009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920429019009I), Apr 29, 1992: Cessna 177RG (N1844Q), Chico, CA. Pilot dragged wing tip on a crosswind landing.
- [Accident 19890530013471A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890530013471A), May 30, 1989: Cessna 177RG (N1844Q), Sacramento, CA, Substantial damage. While waiting on runup pad,was struck by N737WR that was taxiing onto runup pad. Pilot of N737WR was blinded by sun

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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