# NTSB MIA85LA174: Cessna 177, N2370Y, Ocala, FL, April 22, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 22, 1985, 07:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Ocala, FL
- Location: 29.1719° N, 82.2241° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCALA INTL-JIM TAYLOR FLD (OCF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1719&lon=-82.2241&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31402
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA174
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31402/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA174

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - premature, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING FLARE, HE STALLED THE ACFT & LANDED HARD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2370Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2370Y-1992-06-16), registration cancelled 1992-06-16, S/N 17700170 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Registry model: [Cessna 177](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (registry code 2073704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17700170
- Airframe hours: 1465
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Phillip King
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 24, 1984, 78 hours before
- Departed: X35, DUNELLON, FL
- Destination: OCF, OCALA, FL
- Airport: OCF, Ocala, runway 36, 5,007 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 858 total, 121 in this make and model, 451 as pilot in command, 451 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GNZ, 32 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850422020359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850422020359A), Apr 22, 1985: Cessna 177, Ocala, FL, Substantial damage. Student made hard landing during touch and go practice. Stalled during flare.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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