# NTSB ERA23LA004: Cessna 177B, N16185, Coleman, FL, October 4, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: October 4, 2022, 11:50 local (15:50 UTC) - Place: Coleman, FL - Coordinates: 28.804162, -82.068853 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8042&lon=-82.0689&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 106057 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA23LA004 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106057/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106057 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA004 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain an appropriate final approach airspeed, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a fence. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 177B, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2073708), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 177B, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=2073708), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 177B, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=2073708), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490); cases with it: [Cessna 177B, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=2073708), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) ## Analysis According to the pilot, while landing at an unfamiliar airport, he landed with excessive airspeed and touched down too far down the runway to safely stop. The airplane subsequently departed the grass runway and impacted a fence. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N16185](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16185), registered now, S/N 17702491, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B - 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: 17702491 - Year built: 1976 - Airframe hours: 3776.5 - Engines: Lycoming O-360-A1F6D 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Ness Richard J - Registered owner: Ness Richard J - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, August 19, 2022 - Departed: CTJ, Carrollton, GA - Destination: Same as departure - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: 2FA6, Freeflight Intl, runway 20, 4,100 × 100 ft, grass/turf - Equipment: Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 60; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 20, 2022; seat: front; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 257 total, 252 in this make and model, 202 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 40° at 13 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 63 °F - Altimeter: 30.04 inHg - Observed at: KLEE, 14 nm away - METAR: KLEE 041453Z 04013KT 10SM SCT045 23/17 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP172 T02280167 51010 ## 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 20221004015929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221004015929A), Oct 4, 2022: Cessna 177B, Coleman, FL, Substantial damage. The airman conducted a high angle approach to a grass strip in which he had never landed before. He decided to land on runway 22 when the winds were 070/9… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 6, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106057. 6.0 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 4.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14588600&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=10-14-2022%20NTSB%20SIGNED_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Record of conversation - pilot (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 169 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14633240&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20-%20Hess_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigative photographs (item 3, PDF, 5 pages, 1.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14633065&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.