# Incident 20210124009069I: Cessna 177RG, Martinsville, VA, January 24, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2021, 11:43 local time
- Place: Martinsville, VA
- Airport: Blue Ridge
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6315° N, 80.0200° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE RIDGE (MTV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6315&lon=-80.0200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177DR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N177DR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,450 total, 600 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210124009069I

## Narrative

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

UPON TOUCHDOWN, AIRPLANE SWERVED AND DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT, AND THE LEFT WING CAME UP. PILOT REQUIRED FULL LEFT AILERON AND LEFT RUDDER, YET STILL DEPARTED RUNWAY OFF RIGHT SIDE. PILOT'S ASSUMPTION WAS A BRAKE OR WHEEL LOCK-UP AT TOUCHDOWN. HOWEVER INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF THIS. DURING REVIEW OF WEATHER, IT WAS NOTED THAT DESPITE EXCELLENT VMC WEATHER WITH CALM WINDS, AWOS REPORTED 90-DEGREE CROSSWIND AT 8 GUSTING TO 14 DURING A SINGLE OBSERVATION, WHICH WAS REPORTED 8 MINUTES AFTER THE MISHAP. TIS CONDITION WAS NOT FORECAST IN ANY PRECEDING TAF. THIS WIND CONDITION COULD FULLY EXPLAIN THE BEHAVIOR OF THE AIRPLANE.

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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