# Accident 20211014020149A: Cessna 177, Inverness, FL, October 14, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2021, 12:00 local time
- Place: Inverness, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7998° N, 82.3188° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7998&lon=-82.3188&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3299T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3299T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 463 total, 40 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211014020149A

## Narrative

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

ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2021, A CESSNA 177, REGISTERED AS N3299T, SERIAL NUMBER 17700599, WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT IVERNESS AIRPORT (KINF) IN IVERNESS, FL.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

THE AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

THE PILOT EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS CONDUCTING A VFR FLIGHT TO KINF TO HAVE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE AIRCRAFT.  WHEN HE ARRIVED AT KINF HE PERFORMED THREE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AND PLANNED FOR HIS FOURTH LANDING TO BE A FULL STOP.  DURING THE LANDING FLARE, HE EXPERIENCED A GUST OF WIND THAT CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO BALOON UP.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE REDUCED PITCH AND APPLIED POWER HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON ALL THREE LANDING GEAR.  AFTER LANDING, HE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY TAXING FROM THE RUNWAY. HE STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT, SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE, AND NOTICED THE NOSE TIRE WAS FLAT.  HE THEN PROCEEDED TO CONTACT AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE.

UPON INSPECTION, THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED WRINKING/WARPING NEAR NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL.

## 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 ERA22LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA023), Oct 14, 2021: Cessna 177 (N3299T), Inverness, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots inadequate recovery from a wind gust during landing, which resulted in a hard landing and substantial damage to the fuselage.

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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