- Date
- April 18, 1982, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- N.W. Of Page, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34212Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820418009659A
- Case key
- 71818
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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
While on final approach for landing, the plane encountered a downdraft. The pilot applied full power to clear an embankment and then selected 10 degrees of flaps. He stated that the wind caused the plane to drift left as it crossed the embankment. The plane touched down tail first in a stalled condition and headed toward another aircraft. The pilot steered back toward the runway and was not aware that his plane had struck the other aircraft until after he had stopped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34212
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 01709
- Airframe hours
- 1,360
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald William Dunn
- Registered owner
- Ronald William Dunn
- Departed
- SEZ · Sedona, AZ
- Destination
- L43 · Page, AZ
- Airport
- Wahweap, runway 24, 2,600 × 50 ft, dirt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 210 total · 185 in this make and model · 160 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.