- Date
- August 26, 2010, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ocean City, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N16023Cessna 177B
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA Baltimore FSDO
- FAA report
- 20100826042539A
- Case key
- 77158
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced downwind landing.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The private pilot stated that he entered a left traffic pattern for runway 20 and completed all checklist items. He flared the airplane at 25 feet above the ground and the airplane touched down on the main landing gear and bounced back into the air. As the pilot applied aft pressure on the control yoke, the airplane touched down on the runway, and bounced back into the air. After applying full power, the airplane touched back down, bounced again, and the nose wheel tire blew. Examination of the airplane revealed that the firewall was bent and the fuselage skin was wrinkled. The pilot reported winds from 050 degrees at 9 knots.
Factual narrative
The private pilot stated that he entered a left traffic pattern for runway 20 and completed all checklist items. He flared the airplane at 25 feet above the ground. The airplane touched down on the main landing gear and bounced back into the air. He applied aft pressure on the control yoke; the airplane touched back down on the runway, and bounced back into the air. He applied full power; the airplane touched back down on the nose wheel, and bounced. The nose wheel tire blew, he applied aft pressure on the control yoke, and the airplane touched back down on the runway. The pilot applied back pressure on the control yoke, increased power, taxied to the ramp and shut the airplane down. Examination of the airplane revealed the that firewall was bent and the fuselage skin was wrinkled. The pilot reported winds from 050 degrees at 9 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16023
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702480
- Airframe hours
- 2,686
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360 SER, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Steven Dale
- Registered owner
- Miller Steven W
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 2010 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- OQN · West Chester, PA
- Destination
- OXB · Ocean City, MD
- Airport
- OXB · Ocean City Municipal Airport, runway 20, 3,201 × 75 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
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 22, 2008
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 73 in this make and model · 248 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Observed at
- OXB
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 19, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 532 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.