Cessna 177 N34212

Summary

On 18 April 1982 at about 22:30 local time, a Cessna 177 registered N34212, operated by Ronald William Dunn, was involved in an accident near N.w. of Page, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 April 1982 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

N.w. of Page, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Wahweap

Coordinates

36.6792, -111.4094

Aircraft

Cessna 177

Registration

N34212

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Ronald William Dunn

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sedona → Page

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82DA143

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING, THE PLANE ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER TO CLEAR AN EMBANKMENT AND THEN SELECTED 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS. HE STATED THAT THE WIND CAUSED THE PLANE TO DRIFT LEFT AS IT CROSSED THE EMBANKMENT. THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN TAIL FIRST IN A STALLED CONDITION AND HEADED TOWARD ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STEERED BACK TOWARD THE RUNWAY AND WAS NOT AWARE THAT HIS PLANE HAD STRUCK THE OTHER AIRCRAFT UNTIL AFTER HE HAD STOPPED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.