# NTSB CHI92LA109: Cessna 177BII, N35151, Bloomington, IL, March 9, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 9, 1992, 08:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: Bloomington, IL
- Coordinates: 40.470783, -88.96949 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4708&lon=-88.9695&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 23, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15411
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI92LA109
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15411/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA109

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - habit interference, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35151), registered now, S/N 17702235, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177BII
- Registry model: [Cessna 177B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (registry code 2073708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17702235
- Airframe hours: 2800
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920309005689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920309005689A), Mar 9, 1992: Cessna 177B, Bloomington-Nor, IL, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised landing. Damage to firewall and skin advised by lineman. Departed regardless for home base.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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