# NTSB FTW82DA200: Cessna 177, N29402, Dallas, TX, May 30, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 29, 1982, 23:48 local (May 30, 1982, 04:48 UTC)
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Coordinates: 32.910282, -96.739799 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9103&lon=-96.7398&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 29, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70395
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA200
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70395/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA200

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT MADE INITIAL CONTACT IN THE SOD AREA AT THE NORTHWEST END OF RUNWAY 12. THE 1982 TEXAS AERONAUTICAL COMMISSION AIRPORT DIRECTORY DIAGRAM OF THE AIRPORT SHOWS THIS AREA TO BE AN OVERRUN AREA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29402](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29402-1998-07-29), registration cancelled 1998-07-29, S/N 17700865 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Registry model: [Cessna 177](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (registry code 2073704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 177-00865
- Airframe hours: 2793
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Bernard Johnson
- Registered owner: Bill Bennett
- Departed: MCALESTER, OK
- Destination: MESQUITE, TX
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 1F7, Doan Field, runway 12, 2,100 × 50 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,356 total, 14 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 170° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 178 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820529020939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820529020939A), May 29, 1982: Cessna 177, Dallas, TX, Substantial damage. Sheared nose gear on a hump in the runway overrun, while making a night landing. Pilot misjudgment.

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.

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