- Date
- May 27, 1990, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hazard, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3235TCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900527018989A
- Case key
- 8243
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot-in-command to execute a go-around, when an updraft caused the aircraft to be high on final.
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 pilot diverted to an airport due to deteriorating weather at his destination. While on final approach, he felt an updraft, and the aircraft gained about 150 feet of altitude. The throttle was retarded to idle, and the flaps were partially raised to compensate for the wind. The airplane touched down about half way down the 3240 foot runway. The pilot was unable to stop the airplane on the remaining runway, and the airplane rolled down an adjacent hill and contacted a ditch. The pilot stated that he should have attempted a go-around rather than accept the long landing. He also stated that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3235T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700535
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ratliff, Gregory E.
- Registered owner
- Gregory E Ratliff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- I14 · Indianapolis, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- K20 · East Kentucky Rgnl, runway 24, 3,240 × 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
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 198 total · 20 in this make and model · 122 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 11 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3235T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.