- Date
- September 2, 1987, 19:30 local (Sep 3, 1987, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Genoa, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2295YCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870902056099A
- Case key
- 13657
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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.
Analysis
The plt made a straight-in apch to land at dusk on an unlighted sod rwy. He stated he lowered 10 deg of flaps aprx 2 mi fm the rwy. While on final apch, with the power set at aprx 1800 RPM, the acft began to settle. The plt said he applied full power, but it contd in a flat dscnt & touched down in soft terrain short of the rwy. Subsequently, the nose gear sheared off, the rgt main gear collapsed & the left wing tip, prop & fuselage were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2295Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700095
- Airframe hours
- 2,436
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joe Vogel
- Registered owner
- Joseph A Vogel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 4, 1986 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- C77 · Belvidere, IL
- Destination
- 6IL0
- Airport
- 6IL0 · Ramme, runway 18, 2,300 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 433 total · 29 in this make and model · 387 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 70° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RFD, 18 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.
Other investigations on N2295Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.