- Date
- July 4, 1990, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Danielson, CT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N35017Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900704023279A
- Case key
- 36676
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain proper runway alignment, and his failure to obtain or maintain adequate airspeed during a go-around, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and collision with the shrubs and trees.
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 made a landing on runway 31, and the aircraft started to drift right in shifting wind conditions. The pilot initiated a go-around, and the right drift continued. He said he then encountered a tailwind and stalled the aircraft into shrubs and trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35017
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702159
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles Joseph
- Registered owner
- Charles Joseph
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1990 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- 5B4 · Lakeside, CT
- Airport
- 5B3 · Danielson, runway 31, 2,700 × 75 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 60 total · 9 in this make and model · 38 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.