20110218002499A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 177B · Reading, PA · February 18, 2011

Date
February 18, 2011 · 14:02 local
Place
Reading, PA
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N11625
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11LA154
Reported as
Cessna 177B
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,237 total100 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot reported a normal t.o. roll. Aircraft started to lift into the air, pilot went to pull back with no movement on the control yoke. Pilot belives aircraft was about 30 feet in the air, when he pulled power off causing the nose to drop. Hitting the runway. Pilot applied power lifting the nose of the aircraft back up and aircraft into the air. Reduced power; let aircraft come back to the runway creating a pilot induced ossilation of 6 cycles. Aircraft coming to rest on the runway with the nose gear fork casting broken and wheel on it's side sliding on the ground.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED A NORMAL T.O. ROLL. AIRCRAFT STARTED TO LIFT INTO THE AIR, PILOT WENT TO PULL BACK WITH NO MOVEMENT ON THE CONTROL YOKE. PILOT BELIVES AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT 30 FEET IN THE AIR, WHEN HE PULLED POWER OFF CAUSING THE NOSE TO DROP. HITTING THE RUNWAY. PILOT APPLIED POWER LIFTING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT BACK UP AND AIRCRAFT INTO THE AIR. REDUCED POWER; LET AIRCRAFT COME BACK TO THE RUNWAY CREATING A PILOT INDUCED OSSILATION OF 6 CYCLES. AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST ON THE RUNWAY WITH THE NOSE GEAR FORK CASTING BROKEN AND WHEEL ON IT'S SIDE SLIDING ON THE GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.