# NTSB ATL84LKG04: Cessna 177B, N34627, Kennesaw, GA, February 17, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: February 17, 1984, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Kennesaw, GA
- Coordinates: 34.020645, -84.609962 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0206&lon=-84.6100&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 3 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6555
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LKG04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6555/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LKG04

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34627-1984-08-06), registration cancelled 1984-08-06, S/N 17701908 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Registry model: [Cessna 177B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (registry code 2073708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17701908
- Airframe hours: 2505
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840217022819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840217022819A), Feb 17, 1984: Cessna 177B, Kennesaw, GA, Destroyed. Pilot lost directional control during landing attempted go around and aircraft crashed into trees off runway.

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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