- Date
- April 28, 1982, 17:10 local (Apr 29, 1982, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Modesto, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1105CCessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820428015339A
- Case key
- 71738
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 was practicing touch and go landings with a right quartering headwind that was gusting to 20 KTS. On the second landing, the aircraft ballooned and began to porpoise. On the third touchdown, the aircraft stopped porpoising, but the tip of one propeller blade struck the runway. The firewall and adjacent structure were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1105C
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702675
- Airframe hours
- 1,042
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Emily B. Gottschalk
- Registered owner
- Emily B. Gottschalk
- Departed
- MOD · Modesto, CA
- Destination
- MOD · Modesto, CA
- Airport
- MOD · Harry Sham Field, runway 28L, 3,459 × 150 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 201 total · 12 in this make and model · 135 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 174 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.