# NTSB BFO88LA052: Cessna 177, N35253, Milford, DE, May 29, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 29, 1988, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Milford, DE
- Coordinates: 38.910667, -75.429077 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9107&lon=-75.4291&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 21, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11416
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO88LA052
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11416/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88LA052

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, landing - aborted
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - pole (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THE LANDING APCH WAS TOO FAST AND THE ACFT BOUNCED ON TOUCHDOWN. THE PLT STABILIZED THE ACFT AND ATTEMPTED ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN, HOWEVER, THE ACFT BOUNCED AGAIN. HAVING USED OVER HALF THE RWY BY THIS TIME, THE PLT ELECTED TO ABORT THE LANDING BY ADDING FULL POWER AND RETRACTING THE FLAPS. THE ACFT FLEW OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY AND THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED A POST. IT THEN TRAVELED ACROSS A 4-LANE HWY WHERE IT CONTACTED A CONCRETE POST IN A HOTEL PARKING LOT AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N35253](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35253-1990-03-19), registration cancelled 1990-03-19, S/N 17702292 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Registry model: [Cessna 177B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (registry code 2073708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17702292
- Airframe hours: 3114
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: K.D.M. Partnership
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 2, 1987, 93 hours before
- Departed: N76, ANNVILLE, PA
- Airport: N98, Milford Airpark, runway 8, 2,340 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 86 total, 56 in this make and model, 40 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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