- Date
- March 26, 1986, 23:45 local (Mar 27, 1986, 05:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lacon, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3187TCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860326008399A
- Case key
- 13440
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Elevator - improper use ofCause
InattentiveFactor
In-flight planning/decision - poorFactor
Judgment - poorFactor
Proper descent rate - not maintainedFactor
Flare - delayedCause
Analysis
The pilot stated he was maintaining a steep approach angle to clear trees at the approach end of the 2200 ft. runway. He flared late, landing hard and damaging the firewall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3187T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700487
- Airframe hours
- 2,364
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Austin H. Kelley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 21, 1985
- Departed
- PIA · Peoria, IL
- Destination
- C75 · Lacon, IL
- Airport
- C75 · Marshall County, runway 36, 2,200 × 50 ft, asphalt
N3187TRegistration cancelled Apr 16, 2013 · Cessna 177Airframe modelCessna 177Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,461 total · 838 in this make and model · 1,316 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 350° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIA, 26 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.