# Incident 20230703007449I: Cessna 177A, Ephraim, WI, July 3, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2023, 14:15 local time
- Place: Ephraim, WI
- Airport: Ephraim/Gibraltar Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1354° N, 87.1879° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPHRAIM/GIBRALTAR (3D2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1354&lon=-87.1879&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30433, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30433) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177A (registry code 2073706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 253 total, 4 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230703007449I

## Narrative

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

ON 7/3/2023 THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING AT EPHRAIM AIRPORT, WI (3D2), BOUNCED, VEERED TO THE LEFT AND IMPACTED TAXIWAY LIGHTS RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE STABILATOR. THE PIC AND 2 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) AND CALM WINDS WITH VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N30433 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20240802012109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240802012109A), Aug 2, 2024: Cessna 177A (N30433), Palmyra, WI, Substantial damage. On August 2, 2024, at 1418 CST a Cessna 177A, following an attempted landing on grass runway #27 Palmyra Municipal Airport (88C), WI, touched down mid-field…

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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