Cessna 177B N7PP

Summary

On 31 May 2004 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 177B registered N7PP was involved in an accident near Grand Canyon, Arizona, 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

31 May 2004 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Valle Airport (40G)

Coordinates

35.6506, -112.1478

Aircraft

Cessna 177B

Registration

N7PP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Seligman → Grand Canyon

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX04CA224

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions, which resulted in a loss of directional control.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the landing roll the airplane departed the runway to the right and hit a ditch. The Unicom reported winds from the northwest at 10 knots, and runway 01 in use. The pilot overflew the runway, checked the windsock, and entered for left traffic on runway 01. The pilot executed a go-around because of the wind. He came around for another attempt. As the left main wheel touched down, a gust of wind pushed the airplane off of the right side of the runway into rough terrain. The airplane collided with a rocky ditch, and nosed over.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.