# NTSB MKC88LA020: Cessna 177, N2969X, Warrensburg, MO, October 17, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 17, 1987, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Warrensburg, MO
- Coordinates: 38.750827, -93.720184 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7508&lon=-93.7202&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 16, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34522
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA020
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34522/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA020

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - encountered, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - not attained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

PIC STATED SHE HAD MISJUDGED LDG, RESULTING IN AN UNCONTROLLED PORPOISE, DAMAGING NOSE WHEEL AND STABILATOR. SHE ABORTED LDG ATTEMPT AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT. CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING THE ACFT WAS ENCOUNTERED, BUT WITH OUTSIDE RADIO ASSISTANCE, SHE WAS ABLE TO LAND WITHOUT FURTHER DAMAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2969X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2969X-1991-08-23), registration cancelled 1991-08-23, S/N 17700369 (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: 17700369
- Airframe hours: 1429
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Cardinal Flight, Ltd.
- Registered owner: Robert J. Louden
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 22, 1987
- Departed: 4K3, LEXINGTON, MO
- Airport: 9K4, Skyhaven, runway 18, 4,200 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 118 total, 4 in this make and model, 72 as pilot in command, 75 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 45 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19871017075229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871017075229A), Oct 17, 1987: Cessna 177, Warrensburg, MO, Substantial damage. Landed hard on the nose wheel then the tail. Made a go around and returned to home field with damaged aircraft.

## Other investigations on N2969X (3)

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.

- [NTSB MKC89LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA098), Apr 22, 1989: Cessna 177 (N2969X), Brinkley, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO GRADUALLY RAISE THE FLAPS DURING THE GO-AROUND AND MAINTAIN ADEQAUTE AIRSPEED TO CONTINUE THE CLIMBOUT.
- [NTSB MKC82DA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA056), Apr 14, 1982: Cessna 177 (N2969X), Wentzville, MO, substantial damage
- [NTSB CHI70D0388](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70D0388), Sep 7, 1969: Cessna 177 (N2969X), N.Phldelphia, OH, substantial damage

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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