Cessna 177 N3337T

Summary

On 28 June 2008 at about 06:50 local time, a Cessna 177 registered N3337T was involved in an accident near Baldwin City, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 June 2008 at 06:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Baldwin City, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Vinland Valley Aerodrome (K64)

Coordinates

38.8417, -95.1758

Aircraft

Cessna 177

Registration

N3337T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Baldwin City → Baldwin City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW08CA174

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's loss of directional control resulting from a hard landing and failure to recover from a bounced landing. Contributing to the accident was the crosswind.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was performing a crosswind landing on runway 34. During the landing flare, the airplane "bounced" on the runway and then continued to bounce several more times. The piloted raised the flaps and added full power. The attempt to execute a go-around was unsuccessful and the airplane drifted left, off of the 80-foot-wide grass runway. Realizing that he would not clear buildings near the runway, the pilot aborted the take-off and pushed forward on the yoke. The airplane struck the ground, collapsing the nose landing gear and buckling the left wing. The pilot reported that the winds were from 240 degrees and variable, 10 knots with gusts at the time. The operator also reported that more training and experience in cross-wind landings would have prevented this accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.