- Date
- December 14, 1984, 16:12 local (Dec 15, 1984, 00:12 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Maria, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34992Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841214068199A
- Case key
- 24612
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Touch-and-go - performed
Directional control - not maintainedCause
TotalFactor
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Go-around - attemptedFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - softFactor
Airspeed(vlof) - not attainedFactor
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
After touchdown on a touch-and-go lndg, acft veered left and left wing came up, raising left wheel off ground. Plt corrected with aileron and added power for go-around but acft was off runway and traversing soft terrain; lift-off speed was not attained and the acft collided with a tree stump.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34992
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG1034
- Airframe hours
- 465
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Santa Maria Cloudniners Inc
- Registered owner
- Santa Maria
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1984
- Departed
- SMX · Santa Maria, CA
- Airport
- SMX · Santa Maria, runway 30, 6,300 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 161 total · 89 in this make and model · 161 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SMX
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.