# Accident 20160729012589A: Cessna 177B, Wickenburg, AZ, July 29, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2016, 08:10 local time
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Airport: Wickenburg Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9711° N, 112.7944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9711&lon=-112.7944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34867, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34867-2017-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 15 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA404](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA404) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160729012589A

## Narrative

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

PIC STATED HE WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOES ON RUNWAY 23 AT WICKENBURG. WIND AT TIME OF ACCIDENT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 290 AT 9 KTS. PIC HAD ALREADY COMPLETED ONE TOUCH AND GO AND STARTED BASE LEG AND FINAL FOR A SECOND TOUCH AND GO AND EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL WITH THE APPROACH. PIC HAD FLOWN OVER THE THRESHOLD AND STATED HE ?FLARED QUITE A BIT? AND LANDED HARD ON THE MAIN GEAR, THEN HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR. AT THE TIME PIC HAD SAID HE WAS USING 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS.

PIC ADDED POWER TO ABORT THE LANDING AND RETRACTED THE FLAPS FULLY ALL AT ONCE. HE STATED THAT THE ?AIRCRAFT SANK? AND HIT HARD A SECOND AND POSSIBLY A THIRD TIME.  DURING RUNWAY CONTACT THE RIGHT WING TIP SCRAPED ALONG THE SURFACE AND PILOT STATED HE TRIED TO CORRECT. PIC ALSO STATED HE WAS NOT ON THE BRAKES AS THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF  THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND EXITED ON TO THE DIRT WHERE THE NOSE GEAR BROKE FREE.

FLM NOTE: ADDED 44709 REQUIREMENT.

## 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 GAA16CA404](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA404), Jul 29, 2016: Cessna 177 (N34867), Wickenburg, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's incorrect balked landing procedure, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent, hard landing, a runway excursion, and nose gear collapse.

## Other reports on N34867 (1)

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

- [Incident 20150210004539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150210004539I), Feb 10, 2015: Cessna 177B (N34867), Palm Springs, CA, No damage. At 0100 zulu hrs. Aircraft was 8 miles north of psp heading west to hrr. Pilot declared emergency due to engine power failure. Pilot landed without incident at…

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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