- Date
- June 17, 1998, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fallon, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N34416Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980617021229A
- Case key
- 30124
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of rudder controls on a short field takeoff and his failure to maintain runway alignment.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that during a short field takeoff, he drifted left of centerline. He continued controlling the direction of the aircraft with left rudder input. He stated that he was too late applying right rudder input to correct for the left drift. The aircraft became airborne, proceeded into a left turn impacting the taxiway. Calm wind conditions were reported at the time of the accident and no pre-existing anomalies were reported with the aircraft.
Factual narrative
On June 17, 1998, at 1300 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 177B, N34416, departed the left side of runway 21 on takeoff and impacted the taxiway at the Fallon, Nevada, airport. The aircraft, operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, sustained substantial damage. The private pilot/owner, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions existed for the local area personal flight that was originating at the time of the accident. No flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported that while practicing a short field takeoff the aircraft drifted left of centerline. He stated that he continued to hold in the left rudder. The pilot reported that he was too late with the application of the right rudder input to correct for the left drift. The aircraft became airborne and proceeded into a left turn impacting the taxiway. The pilot reported calm wind conditions at the time of the accident and no pre-existing anomalies with the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34416
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701793
- Airframe hours
- 3,411
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leslie M. Jackson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 19, 1997 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- FLX
- Airport
- FLX · Fallon Muni, runway 21, 5,703 × 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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 316 total · 26 in this make and model · 139 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.