Cessna 177 N2890X

Summary

On 6 March 1999 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 177 registered N2890X was involved in an accident near Lantana, Florida, 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

6 March 1999 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lantana, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Palm Beach County Park (LNA)

Coordinates

26.5802, -80.0703

Aircraft

Cessna 177

Registration

N2890X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA99LA101

Nobody was injured.

the pilot misjudged the flare, resulting in a hard landing, and subsequent impact with the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was practicing landings on runway 15, and was on his fourth takeoff. He said, '...on the downwind I went to push the control forward and it would not go.' He attempt an approach to runway 15, but on final he was too high and decided to go around and try another approach. The pilot said, '...I was on final I was at 400 [feet] agl, and cut the power back to idle and hit the runway about 100 mph. The plane went end to end several times and hit the runway several times...I ended up on the east side of the grass.' The pilot taxied the airplane to the parking area and noted that the airplane was damaged. Examination of the wreckage revealed a stop drilled crack in the tail cone fairing assembly adjacent to the elevator that appeared to interfere with the travel of the flight control surface. Further examination revealed that the tail cone had sustained impact damage in the area of the stop drill crack. According to the FAA inspector the impact damage caused the interference with the travel of the flight control, and that the crush occurred after the pilot had made a hard landing, causing the damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.