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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 177 · West Milford, NJ · June 23, 2012

Date
June 23, 2012 · 14:15 local
Place
West Milford, NJ
Airport
Greenwood Lake
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N30163
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA12CA414
Reported as
Cessna 177
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
231 total106 in this make and model4 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.

On 06/23/2012 at 1415 local after touch down on runway 6 at Greenwood Lake Airport and attempt to go around the aircraft drifted to the northwest side of the runway and landed hard on the grass. After landing on the grass the aircraft hit some bushes and cement blocks that were placed in the grass next to the old runway. That caused damage to the horizontal tail and wheel pants as well as a prop strike. There were no injuries reported.

As the FAA filed it

ON 06/23/2012 AT 1415 LOCAL AFTER TOUCH DOWN ON RUNWAY 6 AT GREENWOOD LAKE AIRPORT AND ATTEMPT TO GO AROUND THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND LANDED HARD ON THE GRASS. AFTER LANDING ON THE GRASS THE AIRCRAFT HIT SOME BUSHES AND CEMENT BLOCKS THAT WERE PLACED IN THE GRASS NEXT TO THE OLD RUNWAY. THAT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE HORIZONTAL TAIL AND WHEEL PANTS AS WELL AS A PROP STRIKE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.

NTSB investigation

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