Cessna 177 accident near Youngstown, OH
On August 31, 1996, a Cessna 177 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Youngstown, OH. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 31, 1996
- Place
- Youngstown, OH
- Aircraft
- Cessna 177 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.101°N, 80.651°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X06596
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 31, 1996, at 1708 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 177, N2992X, collided with terrain during an aborted landing at Lansdowne Airport, Youngstown, Ohio. The private pilot and one passenger received serious injuries. The second passenger was fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the personal transportation flight which originated in Madison, Wisconsin, about 1300, and was operated under 14 CFR Part 91. A passenger reported that the departure, and en route trip were uneventful. The flight was handed off to Youngstown Approach Control, from Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center at 1642. At 1646, N2992X was radar identified 8 miles west of the Youngstown /Airport, at 3500 feet. The pilot was instructed to maintain VFR and this was acknowledged. At 1655:49, the pilot transmitted, "ah youngstown ah this is niner two x-ray I've got the airport in sight." The arrival controller replied, "november nine two x-ray roger radar service terminated squawk twelve hundred and frequency change approved and don't come any farther north *(please) cause you'll come into youngstowns class d airspace." This was acknowledged by the pilot and no further transmissions were received from the accident airplane. The pilot was interviewed by the Ohio State Police after the accident, and following is the write up made from that interview: "The approach was normal but we came in fast. We bounced three time on the runway (proposing). There wasn't enough runway to land so I attempted to pu
Probable cause
the pilot's delay in aborting the landing, and his failure to attain adequate airspeed to fly out of ground effect, which resulted in a stall/mush and collision with the ground. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, and the resultant porpoise.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
