- Date
- May 5, 1984, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hobart, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2959XCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840505064379A
- Case key
- 12714
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt figured he was high and hot during landing so he said he just pushed the nose over and forced the acft onto the rwy. The acft hit hard on the nose gear and bounced. After recovery the plt found the nose gear tire flat and taxiied off the rwy into the sod where the acft nosed down damaging the prop and firewall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2959X
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700359
- Airframe hours
- 960
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marvel C. Sillyman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 22, 1984 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- 3HO · Hobart, IN
- Destination
- 3HO · Hobart, IN
- Airport
- 3HO · Skyranch, runway 18, 3,125 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 94 total · 6 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2959X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.