# Accident 20190730024309A: Cessna 177, Placerville, CA, July 30, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2019, 10:32 local time
- Place: Placerville, CA
- Airport: Placerville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7242° N, 120.7533° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7242&lon=-120.7533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177CW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N177CW-2020-10-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 5 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA470](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA470) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190730024309A

## Narrative

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

AIRPORT: PLACERVILLE, KPVF 2,586?MSL, USING RWY 23, 3,914? LONG.  THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR, A LIGHT WIND FROM THE SW, 68°F. RWY 23 HAS A 75? DISPLACED THRESHOLD. THE RUNWAY SITS ON TOP OF A HILL WITH A GRADUAL DROPOFF ON EITHER END WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO AN OPTICAL ILLUSION AFFECTING THE PILOT JUDGEMENT OF DESCENT ANGLE AND AIRSPEED OF FINAL APPROACH.

THE A/C WAS ALMOST FULL OF FUEL WITH JUST THE PILOT WITH NO BAGGAGE.  WE DISCUSSED THE WT & BALANCE CONCERN OF BEING AT THE FORWARD CG LIMIT OF THE ENVELOPE AND HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT TRIM, APPROACH SPEED AND HOW THE USE OF FLAPS INFLUENCES THE RELATIVE PITCH ATTITUDE VS AIRSPEED AND APPROACH ANGLE DURING FLAIR.  HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT EVEN A FEW KNOTS ABOVE DESIRED AIRSPEED ON FINAL RESULTS IN ?LANDING LONG? AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TOUCHING DOWN ON THE NOSEWHEEL FIRST.

THE PILOT DESCRIBED THAT HE MADE WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A NORMAL, STABILIZED APPROACH TO RWY 23.  HOWEVER, WHEN HE INITIATED THE ROUNDOUT PRIOR TO HIS FLAIR, HE REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT SLOWING AS EXPECTED, WAS FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY THAN EXPECTED AND WHEN THE A/C INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN, IT RAPIDLY PITCHED UP AND HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND.  HOWEVER, WHEN HE APPLIED FULL POWER AND INITIATED THE RETRACTION OF THE FLAPS, THE ENGINE FALTERED AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE.  HE DESCRIBED IT AS A ?HICCUP?.  HE IMMEDIATELY CLOSED THE THROTTLE AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY AHEAD BUT QUICKLY REALIZED HE WAS GOING OFF THE END SO HE TURNED TO AVOID THE GROUND OBSTACLES.  HE DESCRIBED THAT WHEN THE A/C CAME TO A STOP, HE WAS ?PRETTY BEAT UP? AND THE A/C WAS IN BAD SHAPE.  HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR MODERATE TRAUMA AND BRUISING.

## 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 GAA19CA470](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA470), Jul 30, 2019: Cessna 177 (N177CW), Placerville, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during a go-around, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain.

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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