- Date
- July 29, 1990, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Windsor, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3184TCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900729028969A
- Case key
- 8260
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the flare phase of the approach. Contributing to the accident was the gusty wind condition on final caused by thunderstorm activity in the vicinity of the landing area. The pilot did not compensate for the gusting conditions.
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
While attempting a normal full stop landing at a private sod airstrip, the pilot encountered a gust of wind during the flare phase of the approach. The left wing dipped and collided with the tobacco plants adjacent to the landing strip. The pilot could not recover from the left wing low condition. The pilot reported there were thunderstorms near the airfield.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3184T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700484
- Airframe hours
- 3,105
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Earl M. Castelloe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 6, 1989 · 47 hours before
- Airport
- Todds, runway 12, 3,000 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 205 total · 82 in this make and model · 110 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RWI, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.