- Date
- May 27, 1989, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Indian Trail, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13630Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890527013049A
- Case key
- 8032
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Probable cause
The pilot's delay in aborting the landing after a bounced landing. Contributing factors were: improper flare by the pilot and the transmissions lines.
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
After landing on a 2300 ft rwy in calm wind, the acft bounced 3 times & the plt elected to abort the landing. During the aborted landing, the acft struck the top wire of marked utility lines & crashed to the ground. The utility lines were located aprx 450 ft from the departure end of the rwy. No preimpact mechanical problems of the acft were rprtd.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13630
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702445
- Airframe hours
- 1,190
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald Stiles
- Registered owner
- Ronald L Stiles
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 2, 1988 · 115 hours before
- Departed
- 28A
- Airport
- 28A · Indian Trail, runway 4, 2,300 × 60 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 159 total · 3 in this make and model · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 14 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.