- Date
- August 27, 1982, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greensboro, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N30445Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820827042279A
- Case key
- 70905
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that during a landing on runway 27, he encountered gusty crosswinds from 150 to 160 deg. The said the aircraft drifted right about 30 ft. reportedly, he was slipping the plane back to the runway when the aircraft landed hard. During the landing, the nosewheel touched down first and failed, then the plane nosed over. Runway 27 was 25 ft wide and sloped upward to the west with a gradient of 1.36%. About 15 min after the accident, the weather observation at the greesboro-high point regional airport indicated that the wind was from 230 deg at 10 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30445
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701259
- Airframe hours
- 1,931
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Darrel D. Daniels (Co-Owner)
- Registered owner
- Milton M. Swain
- Departed
- New Bern, NC
- Destination
- Marianna, AR
- Airport
- W88 · Air Harbor, runway 27, 2,420 × 25 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 100 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSO, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.