# NTSB NYC98LA115: Cessna 177B, N1293C, Brogue, PA, May 23, 1998 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 23, 1998, 08:35 local (12:35 UTC) - Place: Brogue, PA - Coordinates: 39.859024, -76.450195 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8590&lon=-76.4502&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 30, 1998 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 39565 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC98LA115 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39565/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA115 ## Probable cause failure of the pilot to maintaining proper runway alignment during an aborted landing (go-around). Related factors were: the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, inadvertent porpoise, and the small trees encroaching into the runaway environment. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor) - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor) - aborted landing - initiated, pilot in command - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - In flight collision with object, landing - aborted - object - tree(s) (contributing factor) ## Analysis The pilot landed the airplane nose wheel first on runway 27. The airplane then started to porpoise, so he executed a go-around (balked landing). During the maneuver, the airplane drifted left and struck two small trees that were encroaching into the runway environment. The airplane came to rest upright in a corn field, 40 feet left of Runway 27. ## Factual narrative On May 23, 1998, at 0835 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 177, N1293C, was substantially damaged during an aborted landing to Baublitz Commercial Airport, Brogue, Pennsylvania. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91 and no flight plan was filed. The personal flight departed Reigle Field Airport, Palmyra, Pennsylvania, approximately 0735. According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, the pilot stated the airplane landed nose wheel first and started to porpoise, so he executed a go around. During the maneuver, the airplane drifted left and struck two small trees before coming to rest in a corn field, 40 feet left of Runway 27. During a telephone interview the pilot stated, he had a little right aileron, and a little right rudder in when the airplane impacted the two trees on the left side of Runway 27. He added, "there were no mechanical problems with the airplane." In the NTSB Form 6120.1/2, the pilot stated that Runway 27 was sloped approximately 8 percent towards the south, about 1/4 of the way down the runway. The pilot provided a diagram depicting two trees approximately 1/4 of the way down Runway 27 with over 50 percent of their surface area encroaching into the runway environment. In addition, he showed the wind from approximately 330 degrees at 8 knots. The pilot reported 280 hours of total fight experience on his last FAA medical application dated June 7, 1997. ## Aircraft - Registration: N1293C (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: Cessna 177B - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17702697 - Airframe hours: 3085 - Engines: Lycoming O-360-A1F6D 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Leon K. Saufley - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Departed: 58N, PALMURA, PA - Destination: 9W8 - Airport: 9W8, Baublitz, runway 27, 2,200 × 100 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 230 total, 230 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 300° at 4 knots - Visibility: 20 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken - Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 45 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: LNS, 230 nm away ## 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 19980523023579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980523023579A), May 23, 1998: Cessna 177B, Brogue, PA, Substantial damage. On may 23, 1998, at 0835 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 177, N1293C, was substantially damaged during an aborted landing to Baublitz Commerical Airport,… From the NTSB's public API. 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