Plane Crash List

Cessna 177 RG N1876Q

22 June 2009 · Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 June 2009 at about 23:45 local time, a Cessna 177 RG registered N1876Q was involved in an accident near Albuquerque, New Mexico, 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.

The record

Date
at 23:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Nearest airport
Double Eagle II (KAEG)
Coordinates
35.1453, -106.7953
Aircraft
Cessna 177 RG
Registration
N1876Q
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Elk City → Albuquerque
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CEN09CA372

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while landing, resulting in an aerodynamic stall.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

While entering the traffic pattern, the pilot was unable to locate the runway and was assisted by tower personnel. The pilot later told a Federal Aviation Administration inspector that while on final approach he was high and that his airspeed was ten miles per hour (mph) slower than the normal approach speed of eighty mph. During the landing the airplane stalled, struck on the nosewheel, and bounced twice into the air. The pilot added power in an attempt to go around, but the airplane impacted the runway, causing the left main landing gear to collapse. The airplane departed the left side of the runway and came to rest approximately one hundred yards to the east. The pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was uninjured. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the tail section, both main landing gear, and the left wing tip. At the time of the accident, the pilot had flown approximately ten hours that day.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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