- Date
- February 17, 1984, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kennesaw, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34627Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840217022819A
- Case key
- 6555
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Go-around - attemptedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The acft bounced during landing and when it started to veer off the rwy the plt attempted a go-around. The acft collidedwith trees and came to rest in a small ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34627
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701908
- Airframe hours
- 2,505
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul Eugene Storey Jr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1984 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- MCN · Macon, GA
- Destination
- 8A4 · Kennesaw, GA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 8A4 · Mccollum, runway 27, 4,580 × 75 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 250 in this make and model · 202 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 285° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.