- Date
- April 21, 1989, 19:35 local (Apr 22, 1989, 00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Brinkley, AR
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2969XCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 34783
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to gradually raise the flaps during the go-around and maintain adeqaute airspeed to continue the climbout.
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
The pilot was attempting to land on runway 02. He executed a go-around when the airplane was about 100 feet above the runway. The pilot noted the airplane was climbing slowly, at approximately 100 fpm when he retracted the 30 degrees of flaps. The airplane settled to the ground from 150 feet and came to rest in a rice field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2969X
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1770369
- Airframe hours
- 1,677
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lee, H.T.
- Registered owner
- Jim & Molly Mays
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 15, 1989 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- ASG · Springdale, AR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- M36 · Brinkley, runway 2, 3,000 × 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 118 total · 7 in this make and model · 59 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 65 nm away
Other investigations on N2969X · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.