- Date
- November 12, 1988, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3208TCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881112051909A
- Case key
- 36333
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Uncontrolled contact with trees after the pilot lost directional control of the aircraft during an attempted landing.
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 aircraft was coming in for a landing and the pilot reported that he experienced airspeed fluctuations and turbulence. The aircraft porpoised on the runway multiple times and departed the runway to the left side striking trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3208T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700508
- Airframe hours
- 1,551
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Victor 1,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Fly-One Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1N7 · Blaustown, NJ
- Destination
- N40 · Pittstown, NJ
- Airport
- N40 · Sky Manor, runway 24, 2,439 × 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 137 total · 8 in this make and model · 77 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.