# NTSB ATL84LA023: Cessna 177, N2949H, Albany, KY, October 16, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 16, 1983, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Albany, KY
- Coordinates: 36.689655, -85.130279 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6897&lon=-85.1303&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6373
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6373/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA023

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED AN UPDRAFT WHICH LIFTED THE ACFT FROM 2 OR 3 FT ABOVE THE RWY TO ABOUT 20 FT WHERE THE ACFT STALLED & FELL TO THE RWY. A WITNESS STATED THAT THE ACFT WAS 40 FT ABOVE THE RWY BEFORE IT DROPPED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2949H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17700925
- Airframe hours: 432
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Len Construction Co. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 1982
- Departed: BWG, BOWLING GREEN, KY
- Airport: 441, Spring Creek, runway 17, 2,300 × 52 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 415 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LOZ, 58 nm away

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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