# NTSB CHI85LA326: Cessna 177B, N20277, Kankakee, IL, July 28, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 28, 1985, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Kankakee, IL
- Coordinates: 41.110038, -87.859786 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1100&lon=-87.8598&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13173
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA326
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13173/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA326

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose down, landing - roll
  - 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17702654
- Airframe hours: 5480
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850728034239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850728034239A), Jul 28, 1985: Cessna 177B, Kankakee, IL, Substantial damage. Porpoised on landing and departed side of runway. Nose gear broke off and aircraft nosed down.

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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