- Date
- January 14, 1985, 11:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Fullerton, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3279TCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850114000739A
- Case key
- 24633
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On landing, the acft porpoised after it touched down long & fast. A go-around was attempted, but too late, & the acft struck a fence at the end of the rwy. The owner of the acft a pre-solo student pilot, was a passenger. The 'pilot' left the scene & could not be located. FAA records did not indicate that the 'pilot' ever held an airman certificate. The 'pilot' had represented himself to the owner as an acft mechanic & had made arrangements to conduct an annual inspection of the acft. The purpose of the flt was to 'check out the acft. . .'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3279T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700579
- Airframe hours
- 1,653
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Albert Allen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 19, 1984 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Airport
- FUL · Fullerton Muni, runway 6, 3,121 × 75 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
- 33
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FUL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3279T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.