# NTSB NYC84LA181: Cessna 177B, N34370, Spring Valley, NY, May 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 22, 1984, 18:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place: Spring Valley, NY
- Coordinates: 41.120285, -74.050552 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1203&lon=-74.0506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35564
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA181
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35564/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA181

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, landing
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - clearance - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34370-1984-10-05), registration cancelled 1984-10-05, S/N 17701782 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Registry model: [Cessna 177B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (registry code 2073708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17701782
- Airframe hours: 2033
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840522018439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840522018439A), May 22, 1984: Cessna 177B, Spring Valley, NY, Destroyed. Wind shift during landing. Unable to stop on runway, began a late go around and ran off end of runway into trees.

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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