# NTSB investigations: Cessna 177B: Hard landing NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. ## Latest cases - [NTSB CHI06CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA132.md): Cessna 177B · Cleveland, OH · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 18, 2006 · N34405 · Substantial damage > The pilot's misjudged flare which resulted in a bounced landing, and his inadequate recovery from the bounced landing that led to a hard landing. - [NTSB DEN05LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA064.md): Cessna 177B · Rock Springs, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 19, 2005 · N30874 · Substantial damage > the pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing. - [NTSB IAD02LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA060.md): Cessna 177B · Chesterfield, VA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 18, 2002 · N2182C · Substantial damage > pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing at night. - [NTSB CHI97LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA291.md): Cessna 177B · Oxford, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 6, 1997 · N34829 · Substantial damage > the instructor pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and his failure to maintain control of the airplane. Factors were the improper flare by the dual student and the instructor pilot's lack of familiarity with the airplane. - [NTSB NYC95LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA120.md): Cessna 177B · Allentown, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 24, 1995 · N621PW · Substantial damage > the pilot misjudged the flare, resulting in a hard, bounced landing and impact with the runway. A factor in this accident was an improper recovery from a bounced landing. - [NTSB FTW93LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA021.md): Cessna 177B · Las Cruces, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 22, 1992 · N13710 · Substantial damage > The pilot's delayed landing flare and the improper bounced landing recovery. A factor was the dark night. - [NTSB CHI92LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA109.md): Cessna 177BII · Bloomington, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 9, 1992 · N35151 · Substantial damage > Pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. Factors in the accident were excessive airspeed at landing and habit interference. - [NTSB ATL90LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA101.md): Cessna 177B · Spartanburg, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 22, 1990 · N19119 · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing. - [NTSB MKC89LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA084.md): Cessna 177 · Fort Dodge, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 24, 1989 · N35053 · Substantial damage > The failure of the pilot to adequately compensate for existing wind conditions, to flare properly, and to recover properly from a bounced landing. The gusty x-wind conditions contributed to the accident. - [NTSB ATL89LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA011.md): Cessna 177B · Hatteras, NC · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 9, 1988 · N17223 · Substantial damage > The plt reported that he initially flared too high during the landing. He recovered and the acft subsequently touched down 'firmly' on the main gear. The acft then began to veer to the rt 'as if the rt brake was locked'. The plt attempted to abort the ldg &… - [NTSB MKC84LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA241.md): Cessna 177B · Winterset, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 8, 1984 · N35140 · Substantial damage > The plt had diverted & was making a precautionary landing due to an approaching storm. At about 50 ft over the rwy, the acft stalled & landed hard. It then bounced 3 times, damaging the nose gear, forward fuselage & right wing. - [NTSB MKC83LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA148.md): Cessna 177B · Lee'S Summit, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 7, 1983 · N35073 · Substantial damage > During her initial solo flt, the student had made 2 landings. After a short briefing by her instructor, she took off for a 3rd landing. As she approached the rwy touchdown zone, an arpt grass-mowing vehicle was mowing along the approach end of the rwy. The… - [NTSB LAX82DA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA166.md): Cessna 177B · Modesto, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 29, 1982 · N1105C · Substantial damage > The pilot was practicing touch and go landings with a right quartering headwind that was gusting to 20 KTS. On the second landing, the aircraft ballooned and began to porpoise. On the third touchdown, the aircraft stopped porpoising, but the tip of one… ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2073708') AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 200)) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2073708&occurrence=200 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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