- Date
- April 14, 1982, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wentzville, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2969XCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820414009469A
- Case key
- 72995
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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.
Analysis
During a landing on a dual instructional flight, the aircraft bounced to a nose high attitude. The instructor initiated a recovery. However, he stated that he was too late to effect a normal recovery. During the recovery, the aircraft drifted off of the runway, and the horizontal stabilizer struck runway lights.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2969X
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700369
- Airframe hours
- 970
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- John M. Swanson
- Registered owner
- John M. Swanson
- Departed
- Alton, IL
- Destination
- Wentzville, MO
- Airport
- MO50 · Wentzville, runway 18, 2,400 × 50 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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 7,111 total · 103 in this make and model · 3,610 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °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.
Other investigations on N2969X · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.