- Date
- October 8, 1988, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Greensboro, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N29550Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19881008048379A
- Case key
- 7939
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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.
Analysis
The plt had landed at southeast Greensboro earlier. He departed on rwy 35 and remained in closed traffic for landing. The td was made in the first 100 feet of the downsloped rwy at about 70 mph. The flaps were retracted and the plt reptd that a gust of wind and the downsloped rwy caused him to become airborne. Control inputs to correct the drift were ineffective. The acft collided with a pine tree that was estimated to be about 50 feet from the edge of the runway. The us govt flt info publication for the southeast indicates that practice landings are not permitted on rwy 35. The nearest wx reporting facility was located 15 nw of the arpt. Their recorded wind 10 minutes prior to the accd was out of 220 degrees at 2 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29550
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700958
- Airframe hours
- 1,825
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Bee King
- Registered owner
- William Bee King
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 9, 1988 · 45 hours before
- Airport
- 3A4 · Southeast Greensboro, runway 35, 3,063 × 30 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 553 total · 323 in this make and model · 319 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.