- Date
- February 7, 1998, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cumming, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1536HCessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1998
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980207002369A
- Case key
- 38453
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of distance and airspeed, and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The private pilot stated this was his first landing on the 1,500-foot asphalt strip. He touched down long and fast. There was insufficient space to stop the airplane or make a go-around. The airplane went off the end of the runway and collided with brush
Factual narrative
On February 7, 1998, about 1300 eastern standard time, a Cessna 177RG, N1536H, registered to Lockheed EMP Recreation Club, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, crashed on landing rollout at the Cumming-Mathis Airport, Cumming, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot and one passenger reported no injuries. One other passenger sustained serious injuries. The flight originated from Gwinett, Georgia, about 20 minutes before the accident.
The private pilot stated this was his first landing on a 1,500-foot asphalt strip. He touched down long and fast. There was insufficient space to stop the airplane or make a go-around. The airplane went off the end of the runway ,and collided with brush.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1536H
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG0711
- Airframe hours
- 4,800
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Georgia Lockheed Emp Rec Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 9, 1997 · 72 hours before
- Departed
- LZU · Gwinett, GA
- Destination
- 84A
- Airport
- 84A · Mathis, runway 3, 1,550 × 20 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 179 total · 27 in this make and model · 131 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GVL, 21 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.