What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Received notification of an aircraft incident/accident that took place involving a Cessna 177B with a registration number of N11823. This incident occurred on may 30, 2019. Aircraft performed a hard landing. Inspection of the aircraft revealed damage associated with a hard landing including a tail strike. The nose wheel fairing was missing pieces of fiberglass and had cracks in it. The engine firewall had waviness indicating bending. The fuselage skin directly behind the engine cowling had bending and creases on the left and right side and bending, creases and missing paint on the top consistent with a hard impact on the nose wheel. There was also bending, creasing and some areas of missing paint on the skin of the tail section immediately aft of the passenger cabin indicating a tail strike. Further evidence of a tail strike was noted on the bottom side of the tail directly beneath the vertical stabilizer. An examination of the aircraft, engine and propeller logs indicated that the aircraft was in an airworthy condition before this incident.
As the FAA filed it
RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT/ACCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE INVOLVING A CESSNA 177B WITH A REGISTRATION NUMBER OF N11823. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON MAY 30, 2019. AIRCRAFT PERFORMED A HARD LANDING. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH A HARD LANDING INCLUDING A TAIL STRIKE. THE NOSE WHEEL FAIRING WAS MISSING PIECES OF FIBERGLASS AND HAD CRACKS IN IT. THE ENGINE FIREWALL HAD WAVINESS INDICATING BENDING. THE FUSELAGE SKIN DIRECTLY BEHIND THE ENGINE COWLING HAD BENDING AND CREASES ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE AND BENDING, CREASES AND MISSING PAINT ON THE TOP CONSISTENT WITH A HARD IMPACT ON THE NOSE WHEEL. THERE WAS ALSO BENDING, CREASING AND SOME AREAS OF MISSING PAINT ON THE SKIN OF THE TAIL SECTION IMMEDIATELY AFT OF THE PASSENGER CABIN INDICATING A TAIL STRIKE. FURTHER EVIDENCE OF A TAIL STRIKE WAS NOTED ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE TAIL DIRECTLY BENEATH THE VERTICAL STABILIZER. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, ENGINE AND PROPELLER LOGS INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN AN AIRWORTHY CONDITION BEFORE THIS INCIDENT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.