- Date
- April 7, 1993, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Brookville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11828Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930407008089A
- Case key
- 37301
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Contributing was the lack of recency of experience.
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 had made a series of 'stop and go' landings. On the last landing he experienced a vibration in the nose gear after the gear made contact with the runway. The pilot could not maintain control of the airplane and it departed the left side of the runway surface. As the airplane entered the soft grassy area the nose gear collapsed. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunction. He also reported that the accident could have been prevented by 'getting more time in, often, and regular.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11828
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702372
- Airframe hours
- 1,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daycon Aero Club Inc.
- Registered owner
- Daycon Aero Club Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 25, 1993 · 16 hours before
- Airport
- I62 · Brookville, runway 9, 2,500 × 30 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 34 in this make and model · 64 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.