- Date
- January 20, 1990, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Acme, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N34860Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900120000989A
- Case key
- 14623
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Probable cause
The student pilot misjudged distance and altitude to the runway, and the instructor pilot (CFI) failed to attain remedial action, which resulted in their failure to attain the proper touchdown point. Factors related to the accident were: the cfi's lack of experience in the type of operation and the snowbank.
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 instructor & student pilot stated that they were practicing a no flap approach, when the airplane settled to the ground earlier than intended and collided with a snow bank before reaching the runway. The wheel from the right main landing gear came off, when the airplane collided with the snowbank. The airplane then settled on its right side and veered off the runway. The CFI had 41 hours total experience as a flight instructor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34860
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702051
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John N. Bech
- Airport
- Y17 · Acme Skyport, runway 36, 2,320 × 130 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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 923 total · 16 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 30° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Observed at
- TVC, 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.