- Date
- September 13, 1987, 20:00 local (Sep 14, 1987, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Collins, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34157Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870913053139A
- Case key
- 17311
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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
During the approach to Fort Collins downtown airport, the pilot reported encountering moderate turbulence. At touchdown on runway 11, a crosswind gust pushed the aircraft off the left side of the runway into the grass. The aircraft bounced and came to a stop nose down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34157
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701675
- Airframe hours
- 2,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mountain Flyers Aero Club
- Registered owner
- Smith, Owen C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1987 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- COS · Colorado Sprgs, CO
- Airport
- 3V5 · Fort Collins Downtown, runway 11, 4,700 × 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 106 total · 31 in this make and model · 59 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 280° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 40 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.