CHI84LA300

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 177 · Columbia, IL · July 14, 1984

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
July 14, 1984, 16:35 local (21:35 UTC)
Place
Columbia, IL
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N29381Cessna 177
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19840714032419A
Case key
12700

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

On this page

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.

In flight collision with objectLanding
Weather condition - crosswind
Aborted landing - performedPilot in command
Go-around - initiatedPilot in command
Raising of flaps - improperPilot in commandCause
Proper altitude - not obtainedPilot in commandCause
Object - aircraft parked/standing

Analysis

Pilot stated that she landed the aircraft approximately one third of the way down the runway. She continued to stated the acft ballooned so she decided to go-around, during which she retracted the flaps to 1/4. The pilot operating handbook states that the flaps are to be retracted to 1/2 during a go around. During the go around the aircraft went off the right side of rwy. The pilot corrected to the left and the acft collided with a parked acft near a hangar.

Aircraft

Registration
N29381
Reported as
Cessna 177
Category
Airplane
Serial number
17700853
Airframe hours
2,148
Engine
Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Registered owner
Billy R. Rice
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · November 6, 1983
Departed
K15 · Osage Beach, MO
Airport
H49 · Columbia, runway 11, 1,400 × ft

Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

Role
Pilot
Age
47
Certificate
Private
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land
Medical
Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Left
Flight hours
1,609 total · 436 in this make and model · 861 as pilot in command · 129 in the last 90 days

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
160° at 12 knots, gusting 16
Visibility
8 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
20,000 ft broken
Temperature
93 °F, dew point 68 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg
Observed at
CPS, 8 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.