- Date
- November 17, 1983, 08:05 local (15:05 UTC)
- Place
- Durango, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52050Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831117058079A
- Case key
- 16291
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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 acft ran off the right side of the rwy and collided with rwy lights during landing. The plt said he landed on the right side because the left side was being seal coated. Proper alignment was not maintained and the acft's right landing gear dropped off the rwy edge.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52050
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG1154
- Airframe hours
- 1,468
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- South Aero Servces
- Registered owner
- Thomas Reiser
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 11, 1983
- Departed
- FMN · Farmington, NM
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 5C00 · Animas Air Park, runway 10, 5,000 × 50 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
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 690 total · 91 in this make and model · 563 as pilot in command · 144 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.