- Date
- March 9, 1992, 08:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Bloomington, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N35151Cessna 177BII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920309005689A
- Case key
- 15411
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Probable cause
Pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. Factors in the accident were excessive airspeed at landing and habit interference.
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 airplane bounced on touchdown and porpoised. The pilot stated his approach speed, 95 knots, was based on recent flying in a different airplane. He later calculated the accident airplane should have been flown at 83 miles per hour.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35151
- Reported as
- Cessna 177BII
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702235
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Metro Flying Club
- Registered owner
- James W. Nack & Paul Wilhelm
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 25, 1992 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- MWC · Milwaukee, WI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BMI · Bloomington/Normal, runway 21, 3,723 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,557 total · 50 in this make and model · 1,400 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 21 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BMI, 1 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.