- Date
- July 28, 1985, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kankakee, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20277Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850728034239A
- Case key
- 13173
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Level off - misjudgedFactor
Lack of familiarity with aircraftFactor
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Nose down
Landing gear,nose gear - failure,total
Terrain condition - soft
Analysis
The plt landed on the 5100 ft x 100 ft rwy, porpoised several times, lost directional control and veered off the rwy. The nose gear broke off and the acft nosed down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20277
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702654
- Airframe hours
- 5,480
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cardinal Air Training, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 5, 1985 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- LUK · Cincinnati, OH
- Destination
- IKK · Kankakee, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- IKK · Kankakee, runway 22, 5,100 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 153 total · 17 in this make and model · 106 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 42 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.