- Date
- March 23, 1993, 00:45 local (05:45 UTC)
- Place
- Corry, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7747VCessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930323005809A
- Case key
- 11922
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain runway alignment during the landing roll. Factors related to the accident were: darkness, the pilot's lack of visual cues due to the runway lights being obscured by the plowed snow, and failure of airport personnel to issue a NOTAM.
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 reported that it was a dark night, and he was practicing takeoffs and landings from the right seat towards attaining his flight instructor certificate. He stated that he made a normal approach and touchdown on the centerline, but during the landing roll the right wing struck a snowbank off the right side of the runway and the right main gear collapsed. The pilot reportedly had 1 hour of dual from the right seat. The runway had been plowed 70 feet of the 75 foot width, with the runway surface generally bare. The plowed snow was approximately 4 to 5 feet high, and was placed between the edges of the runway and the row of runway lights.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7747V
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG0908
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert E Dunn
- Registered owner
- Robert E Dunn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- ERI · Erie, PA
- Airport
- 8G2 · Corry-Lawrence, runway 14, 4,100 × 75 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 416 total · 18 in this make and model · 309 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 60° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ERI, 1 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.