- Date
- July 3, 1988, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lowell, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N30238Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880703024989A
- Case key
- 14105
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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 student pilot was on final approach for landing when the aircraft began to drift to the left of the runway. The pilot decided to go-around and added full power, pushed the carburetor heat in and retracted the flaps to '1/2'. According to the pilot he could not get a positive rate of climb. The pilot then noticed some trees ahead of him and made a left bank to avoid them. During the left turn the aircraft stalled. The pilot attempted to recover by lowering the nose, altitude was lost, and the aircraft impacted the ground, bounced, and nosed over. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical problems with the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30238
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701142
- Airframe hours
- 2,191
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Douglass B. White
- Registered owner
- Cardinal Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 25, 1987 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- GYY · Gary, IN
- Airport
- C97 · Lowell, runway 36, 3,050 × 100 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 84 total · 68 in this make and model · 31 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GYY, 25 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.