- Date
- October 19, 1986, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksboro, TX
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N29589Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861019049279A
- Case key
- 22290
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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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 pilot reports that after a hard landing, the aircraft ballooned, bounced hard and veered off the runway due to gusty crosswinds. The winds for the area were reported to be from 140 degrees at 11 knots with no gusts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29589
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700977
- Airframe hours
- 1,420
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerry Lee Forson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 26, 1986
- Airport
- 21F · Jacksboro Municipal, runway 17, 3,200 × 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 50 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 69 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.