- Date
- June 11, 1988, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Clinton, MD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2070QCessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11369
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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
Eng pwr loss occurred when the instrument student advanced the throttle to do a go-around when the acft was too high to lnd on rwy 5 following a simulated instrmt apch. The instr took control of the acft and about half-way down the rwy, at about 300 ft AGL, did a left turn to land next to rwy 31. The acft landed hard and collapsed the lndg gear. The eng exam did not disclose evidence of malfunction. The acft had made a long approach at low power setting prior to the sudden application of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2070Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177R0470
- Airframe hours
- 1,859
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Roland Butler
- Registered owner
- Roland L Butler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 19, 1987 · 36 hours before
- Airport
- W32 · Hyde Field, runway 5, 2,820 × 30 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 3 in this make and model · 4,280 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DCA, 8 nm away