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FAA incident report · Cessna 177 · Farmville, VA · June 18, 2019

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Date
June 18, 2019 · 14:15 local
Place
Farmville, VA
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N104AF
Reported as
Cessna 177
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total200 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days
N104AFRegistered now · Cessna 177S/N 17700238 · Built 1967Airframe modelCessna 177Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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 performing ground runups after the annual inspection. Performed high speed taxi on a grass strip. Encountered a dip in the grass strip, which caused the aircraft to porpoise and lurch forward. Pilot lost control and on the bounce, the nose gear collapsed. Aircraft ran off the grass strip into tall grass at the end of the runway. Damage to the aircraft was limited of the nose gear and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PERFORMING GROUND RUNUPS AFTER THE ANNUAL INSPECTION. PERFORMED HIGH SPEED TAXI ON A GRASS STRIP. ENCOUNTERED A DIP IN THE GRASS STRIP, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO PORPOISE AND LURCH FORWARD. PILOT LOST CONTROL AND ON THE BOUNCE, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE GRASS STRIP INTO TALL GRASS AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED OF THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER.