# NTSB WPR25LA017: Cessna 177B, N35281, Creswell, OR, October 13, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: October 13, 2024, 14:10 local (21:10 UTC) - Place: Creswell, OR - Coordinates: 43.93075, -123.00666 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9308&lon=-123.0067&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 195320 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA017 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195320/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195320 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA017 ## Probable cause The pilot’s loss of aircraft control during the landing flare and subsequent aborted landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 177B, 25 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2073708), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 177B, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md?model=2073708), [All aircraft, 1,269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 177B, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2073708), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Cessna 177B, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2073708), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490); cases with it: [Cessna 177B, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=2073708), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he misjudged the airplane’s distance to the runway during the landing flare, and the airplane bounced multiple times. He applied full engine power to abort the landing and retracted the flaps to 10°, but the airplane began to track to the left, and he reduced engine power to idle. The airplane then struck a taxiway sign, and the nose gear struck a concrete culvert. The airplane came to rest in the area between the runway and taxiway and sustained substantial damage to the horizontal stabilizer and lower forward fuselage structure. The pilot reported there were no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N35281](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35281), registered now, S/N 17702306, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B - Registry model: [Cessna 177B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (registry code 2073708) (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: 17702306 - Year built: 1975 - Airframe hours: 1284.4 - Engines: Lycoming O-360-A1F6D 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Freebird Wings LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, November 19, 2023, 6 hours before - Departed: 77S, Creswell, OR - Airport: 77S, Hobby Field Airport, runway 34, 3,102 × 60 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 61; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 24, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 77 total, 26 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days, 6.4 in the last 30 days, 1.5 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 54 °F - Altimeter: 30.08 inHg - Observed at: KEUG, 15 nm away - METAR: KEUG 132054Z VRB03KT 10SM FEW200 22/12 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP183 T02220117 58026 $ ## 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 20241013014089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241013014089A), Oct 13, 2024: Cessna 177B, Creswell, OR, Substantial damage. Oct 13, 2024, a private pilot was landing at 77S airport on runway 34 in a Cessna 177B and experienced a hard landing. The airplane then bounced several times… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 8, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195320. 5.3 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 4.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18459776&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=r_NTSB%20Form%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photo (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 1 photo, 723 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18460976&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo-Rel.pdf 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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