# NTSB NYC83LA238: Cessna 177B, N30724, Glens Falls, NY, September 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 8, 1983, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Glens Falls, NY
- Coordinates: 43.309551, -73.640693 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3096&lon=-73.6407&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35273
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA238
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35273/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA238

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - touch-and-go - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

DURING THE LANDING THE ACFT BOUNCED AND THE PLT DECIDED TO GO-AROUND. AS POWER WAS ADDED AND CARBURETOR HEAT REMOVED, THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RWY TO THE LEFT AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N30724 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 177014224
- Airframe hours: 1262
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360A1F6 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John F. Kenny, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 31, 1983, 26 hours before
- Airport: GFL, Warren Co., runway 19, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 75 total, 5 in this make and model, 36 as pilot in command, 40 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 100° at 5 knots, gusting 8
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830908047039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830908047039A), Sep 8, 1983: Cessna 177B, Glens Falls, NY, Substantial damage. Aircraft went off side of runway and flipped inverted during touch and go landing.

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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