# NTSB CHI06CA132: Cessna 177B, N34405, Cleveland, OH, April 18, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 18, 2006, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Coordinates: 41.564998, -81.486389
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5650&lon=-81.4864&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 29, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63796
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI06CA132
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63796/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA132

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudged flare which resulted in a bounced landing, and his inadequate recovery from the bounced landing that led to a hard landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The airplane was damaged during a hard landing.  The pilot reported that he was practicing takeoffs and landings.  He stated that on his third landing, the airplane bounced and when it came back down it hit hard and the nose wheel tire went flat.  He stated that there were no problems with the airplane prior to the event.  It was found that the firewall and forward fuselage had sustained damage.

## Factual narrative

On April 18, 2006, about 1600 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 177B, N34405, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing on runway 06 (5,102 feet by 100 feet, asphalt), at the Cuyahoga County Airport, Cleveland, Ohio.  The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan.  The pilot was not injured.  The local flight originated at an unconfirmed time.

The pilot reported that he was practicing takeoffs and landings.  He stated that on his third landing, the airplane bounced and when it came back down it hit hard and the nose wheel tire went flat.  He stated that there were no problems with the airplane prior to the event.  It was found that the firewall and forward fuselage had sustained damage.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N34405](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34405), registered now, S/N 17701787, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 177B
- Registry model: [Cessna 177B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (registry code 2073708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17701787
- Engines: Lycoming O-360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: CGF, Cleveland, OH
- Airport: CGF, Cuyahoga County, runway 06, 5,102 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 79; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; last flight review August 1, 2005; flight hours: 1,200 total, 400 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060418029809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060418029809A), Apr 18, 2006: Cessna 177B, Cleveland, OH, Substantial damage. (-23) On April 18, 2006, about 1600 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 177B, N34405, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage during a hard…

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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