# NTSB SEA06CA131: Cessna 177A, N30328, Olympia, WA, June 28, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 28, 2006, 16:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Olympia, WA
- Coordinates: 46.969444, -122.902496
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9694&lon=-122.9025&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 31, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64017
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA06CA131
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64017/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA131

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in a hard landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - encountered, pilot in command
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

According to the pilot, as he flared and touched down, the airplane "began to porpoise, landing hard twice before [he] was able to put it down gently."  He taxied to parking and then noticed that the propeller was damaged.  Examination of the airplane by an FAA inspector revealed damage to the firewall.

## Factual narrative

On June 28, 2006, about 1615 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 177A, N30328, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing on runway 17 at Olympia Airport, Olympia, Washington.  The private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured.  The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the personal cross country flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.  The flight originated from Puyallup, Washington, about 1545.

According to the pilot, as he flared and touched down, the airplane "began to porpoise, landing hard twice before [he] was able to put it down gently."  He taxied to parking and then noticed that the propeller was damaged.  Examination of the airplane by an FAA inspector revealed damage to the firewall.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N30328](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30328), registered now, S/N 17701196, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 177A
- Registry model: [Cessna 177A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177a) (registry code 2073706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17701196
- Engines: Lycoming O-360-A2F reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 1SO, Puyallup, WA
- Destination: OLM, Olympia, WA
- Airport: OLM, Olympia, runway 17

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 94 total, 94 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20060628011869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060628011869A), Jun 28, 2006: Cessna 177A, Olympia, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 28, 2006 the pilot [privacy data omitted] attempted to land N30328, a Cessna 177, at Olympia Airport. The pilot [privacy data omitted] failed to…

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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