- Date
- September 1, 2024, 13:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Shell Knob, MO
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N30853Cessna 177B
- Defining event
- Landing: Aerodynamic stall/spin
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20240901013569A
- Case key
- 195044
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control and airspeed during final approach, which led to the airplane exceeding its critical angle-of-attack and experiencing an aerodynamic stall.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that while on final approach, he was losing altitude faster than expected and the airspeed was slow. He added power so he could make the runway. The airplane subsequently pitched up, and the pilot lost sight of the runway. He added power and pitched the airplane’s nose down in an attempt to avoid a stall. As soon as he pitched the nose down, the airplane impacted the ground. The airplane came to rest inverted, and the right wing and vertical stabilizer sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30853
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701504
- Built
- 1970
- Airframe hours
- 2,369
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360 A1F6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Quad City Area Flying Eagles Inc
- Registered owner
- Quad City Area Flying Eagles Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 16, 2024
- Departed
- M17 · Bolivar, MO
- Destination
- MO06 · Shell Knob, MO
- Airport
- MO06 · Discovery Bay Airport at Norwalk Landing, runway 020, 1,900 × 50 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Stall warning system
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
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 17, 2024
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 221 total · 5 in this make and model · 153 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.14 inHg
- Observed at
- KBBG, 17 nm away
- METAR
- KBBG 011745Z 14004KT 10SM BKN018 BKN023 25/23 A3014
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 10, 2025, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.3 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.