- Date
- August 18, 1986, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Broomfield, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34043Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860818040619A
- Case key
- 17037
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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 plt said that he was on a high final approach for landing and just prior to touchdown, the acft was hit by a strong gust of wind. After touchdown, the plt lost control of the acft and it went off the left side of the rwy. The acft sustained substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34043
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701611
- Airframe hours
- 2,600
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1F6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert A. Sonntag
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 30, 1986 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- OGD · Ogden, UT
- Destination
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Airport
- BJC · Jeffco, runway 11L, 7,498 × 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 184 total · 184 in this make and model · 153 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.