- Date
- November 7, 1991, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Teresa, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N29348Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911107050099A
- Case key
- 18408
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to initiate corrective action in a timely fashion.
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 airplane began to porpoise after initial contact was made with the runway. The pilot was unable to initiate corrective action in a timely fashion resulting in the damage to the propeller and nose gear assembly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29348
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700831
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David W. Ogle
- Registered owner
- David W. Ogle
- Departed
- ELP · El Pasp, TX
- Airport
- 5T6 · Santa Teresa, runway 28, 8,500 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 79 total · 13 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.