- Date
- August 24, 1989, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Auburn, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N30806Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890824033109A
- Case key
- 14410
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the landing, which resulted in a ground swerve. Contributing factors were: the pilot's misjudgement of distance, speed, and altitude on final approach and high vegetation (tall grass & brush) beside the runway.
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.
Undershoot
Distance - misjudgedFactor
Airspeed - misjudgedFactor
Altitude - misjudgedFactor
Proper touchdown point - not attained
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30806
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701475
- Airframe hours
- 3,548
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- High Flying Club, Inc.
- Registered owner
- High Flying Club Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 4, 1989 · 88 hours before
- Departed
- SMD · Ft Wayne, IN
- Destination
- 07C
- Airport
- 07C · Dekalb County, runway 9, 3,650 × 70 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 119 total · 18 in this make and model · 69 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FWA, 20 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.