33.9388° N, 81.1195° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA METRO (CAE), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
April 1, 2011 · 17:09 local
Place
Columbia, SC
Airport
Columbia Metro
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
CFFIP
Reported as
Cessna 177
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
Pilot’s flight hours
299 total200 in this make and model25 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.
The airplane was on the landing phase when at approximately 20 feet above the runway a gust of wind forced the airplane down hard on the runway. The airplane bounced twice before the pilot stopped the airplane. Major damage had occured to the forward fuselage behind the firewall.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRPLANE WAS ON THE LANDING PHASE WHEN AT APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY A GUST OF WIND FORCED THE AIRPLANE DOWN HARD ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED TWICE BEFORE THE PILOT STOPPED THE AIRPLANE. MAJOR DAMAGE HAD OCCURED TO THE FORWARD FUSELAGE BEHIND THE FIREWALL.