- Date
- January 10, 1988, 14:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- St. Charles, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N35284Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880110000399A
- Case key
- 34532
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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
While practicing touch and go ldgs, PIC noted a significant increase in sink rate. Additional power failed to arrest the descent, and the acft struck the terrain short of the rwy causing substantial damage to the acft, and no injuries to plt and pax.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35284
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702307
- Airframe hours
- 635
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J. Abercrombie & T. Mcduffee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1987
- Departed
- 3SZ · St. Charles, MO
- Airport
- 3SZ · Smarts Field, runway 18, 3,800 × 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 222 total · 121 in this make and model · 168 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °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.