- Date
- May 19, 1989, 14:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place
- Harrah, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1275CCessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890519012369A
- Case key
- 22863
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
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the landing, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve; and his improper planning/decision (indecision) concerning an attempted go-around. The pilot's lack of experience in the type of aircraft and the high vegetation, berm, and trees were contributing factors.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1275C
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702695
- Airframe hours
- 1,070
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Advance Meat Co., Inc.
- Registered owner
- Advance Meat Co., Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 18, 1988 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- 2EJE · Oklahoma City, OK
- Destination
- 1R2
- Airport
- 1R2 · Steciak, runway 18, 2,440 × 30 ft, grass/turf
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 106 total · 1 in this make and model · 71 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 66 °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.