- Date
- October 9, 1988, 19:55 local (23:55 UTC)
- Place
- Hatteras, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N17223Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881009045789A
- Case key
- 7940
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that he initially flared too high during the landing. He recovered and the acft subsequently touched down 'firmly' on the main gear. The acft then began to veer to the rt 'as if the rt brake was locked'. The plt attempted to abort the ldg & the acft pancaked into a dune adjacent to the rwy. A mechanic who examined the airplane afterward reported that the plt stated to him that the airplane had landed hard. The mech reported finding that the rt wheel axle was bent which had resulted in the fwd side of the tire being displaced otbd. No evidence of brake malfunction was found. According to the arpt facility directory, the arpt had no rwy lights and closed 30 minutes after sunset. Local sunset occurred at 1835, according to the NWS. The plt reported the time of the accident at 1930. A sheriff's deputy who investigated the accident reported that it occurred at about 1955.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17223
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702521
- Airframe hours
- 1,475
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Boyertown Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Boyertown Flying Club, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 21, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- I07 · Summersville, WV
- Airport
- 8W5 · Billy Mitchell, runway 6, 3,000 × 76 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 271 total · 71 in this make and model · 187 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HAT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.