- Date
- June 25, 1987, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Oakland, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N30454Cessna 177A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870625027029A
- Case key
- 11324
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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
After flying around for about one hour to check out some radios in the aircraft, the pilot elected to return to the airport. On short final he elected to do a go-around and midway down runway 26 he pushed in carburetor heat, added full throttle and decreased the flaps. With the wind out of the south the pilot stated that the aircraft started to veer to the left and continued to sink. He then removed another notch of flaps but realized he could not clear the tall trees in front of the aircraft. The aircraft banked to the left and collided with some pine trees. The engine was successfully run-up 5 days after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30454
- Reported as
- Cessna 177A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701265
- Airframe hours
- 1,956
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F, 182 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Garrett Auto Rental Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 1987 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- 2G4
- Destination
- 2G4
- Airport
- 2G4 · Garrett County, runway 26, 2,500 × 75 ft, macadam
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 140 total · 140 in this make and model · 82 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.