- Date
- May 22, 1984, 18:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Spring Valley, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34370Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840522018439A
- Case key
- 35564
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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.
In flight collision with object
Planned approach - improperFactor
Proper touchdown point - exceededFactor
Aborted landing - delayedCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
Clearance - not obtainedCause
Analysis
Sufficient alt was not obtained to clear trees located aprx 100 ft off the departure end of the rwy during an aborted landing to avoid an overrun.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34370
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701782
- Airframe hours
- 2,033
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Martin Linderberg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 4, 1983
- Departed
- Middletown, NY
- Destination
- Spring Valley, NY
- Airport
- N24 · Ramapo Valley, runway 8, 2,185 × 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 855 total · 855 in this make and model · 575 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 15 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 79 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.