- Date
- June 24, 1990, 16:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hitchcock, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N13227Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900624022239A
- Case key
- 41221
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of control of the airplane during final approach for landing. Sunglare was a factor related to the accident.
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 of a Cessna 177, N13227, stated that the aircraft 'twisted' to the right and nosed down while on short final approach as he made an alignment adjustment. It collided with the surface at the end of the runway, then bounced before striking an irrigation ditch at one side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13227
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702404
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael O Brien
- Departed
- 0S6 · Vancouver, WA
- Destination
- NONE · St Hilaire, WA
- Airport
- St Hilaire, runway 27, 1,700 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 506 total · 90 in this make and model · 457 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- YKM, 26 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.