- Date
- October 5, 1987, 11:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Verona, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3226TCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871005058759A
- Case key
- 14002
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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
During a VFR landing abort full power was applied and flaps selected to the full up position. The aircraft began to settle and a turn to the left was initiated. The left wing dropped abruptly, the nose pitched down and a left hand rotation began. This rotation continued until the aircraft impacted into the ground. The aircraft was destroyed and the solo student pilot received minor injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3226T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700562
- Airframe hours
- 1,610
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel & Douglas Atkins
- Registered owner
- Daniel & Douglas Atkins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1987
- Departed
- D74 · Sparta, WI
- Airport
- WI04 · Verona, runway 22, 1,750 × 65 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 18 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 18 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 12 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.