- Date
- April 22, 1980
- Place
- Greenwood, IN · GREENWOOD, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N35891Cessna 177RG
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800422009619A
- Case key
- 130755
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1063 80/4/22 GREENWOOD,IN CESSNA 177RG CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1755 N35891 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 35, 519 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 89 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WARSAW,IN GREENWOOD,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35891
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Skyway
N35891Registration cancelled Oct 9, 2012 · Cessna 177RGAirframe modelCessna 177RGEngine modelLycoming IO-360-A1B6D
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.