# NTSB CHI84LA300: Cessna 177, N29381, Columbia, IL, July 14, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 14, 1984, 16:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place: Columbia, IL
- Coordinates: 38.450443, -90.2192 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4504&lon=-90.2192&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12700
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA300
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12700/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA300

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, landing
  - weather condition - crosswind
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - raising of flaps - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17700853
- Airframe hours: 2148
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840714032419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840714032419A), Jul 14, 1984: Cessna 177, Columbia, IL, Destroyed. Went off runway during go around striking parked 8660G. After crash found one flap deflected more than the other.

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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