# NTSB ANC94LA023: Cessna 177, N29532, Northway, AK, December 7, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 7, 1993, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place: Northway, AK
- Coordinates: 63.179573, -143.099349 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.1796&lon=-143.0993&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 13, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 2477
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC94LA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/2477/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC94LA023

## Probable cause

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND DID NOT MAINTAIN THE PROPER GLIDEPATH.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) LANDED APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET SHORT OF A PRIVATELY OWNED 1800 FT. X 60 FT. AIRSTRIP.  THE PIC REPORTED A TOTAL PILOT TIME OF 80 HOURS OF WHICH ABOUT 70 WERE IN THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT.

## Factual narrative

On December 07, 1993, at approximately 1045 Alaska standard time, a wheel equipped Cessna 177 (Cardinal), N29532, owned and operated by the pilot-in-command, landed short of a privately owned airstrip located approximately 55 miles south of Northway, Alaska.  The pilot received minor injuries and his wife, the sole passenger, was not injured.  The airplane sustained substantial damage.  The 14 CFR Part 91 pleasure flight departed Tok,  Alaska at approximately 0933 and the intended destination was the private landing strip.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and there was no flight plan in effect.

During a telephone interview with the NTSB investigator-in-charge on the afternoon of December 07, 1993, the pilot-in-command said that the accident flight was his first landing attempt at the 1800 ft. x 60 ft. strip.  He believed that he had a good approach and thought "I had it made".  The airplane landed approximately 20 feet short of the runway substantially damaging the main landing gear and right wing assembly.  The pilot reported that his total pilot time was about 80 hours of which approximately 70 were in the Cessna 177.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29532](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29532-2017-09-18), registration cancelled 2017-09-18, S/N 17700946, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Registry model: [Cessna 177](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (registry code 2073704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17700946
- Airframe hours: 833
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jones, Ethan E.
- Registered owner: Jones, Ethan E.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 6, 1994, 2 hours before
- Departed: TKJ, TOK, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 80 total, 70 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19931207046109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931207046109A), Dec 7, 1993: Cessna 177, Northway, AK, Substantial damage. Landed short of a Private strip.

## Other investigations on N29532 (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 ANC69D0022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC69D0022), Jun 26, 1968: Cessna 177 (N29532), Healy, AK, substantial damage

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.

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