ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 381714
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 June 1983 |
| Time: | 14:50 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 177 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2899X |
| MSN: | 17700299 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1702 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hood River, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bend, OR (S21) |
| Hood River, OR (4S2) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED IN A HARD LANDING DURING UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITONS. THE PILOT HAD JUST COME CROSS COUNTRY WHERE HE ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE. WHEN HE CALLED UNICOM TO LAND THEY GAVE HIM WINDS OF 15-25 KTS VELOCITY FROM THE WEST AND TURBULENCE ON THE FINAL APPROACH. LANDING WAS ON RWY 25. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE ACFT DURING FLARE. THE SKID ON THE ACFT TAIL CONTACTED THE GROUND DURING THIS MANEUVER AND THE NOSE OR THE ACFT CAME BACK DOWN HARD.THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ACFT BOUNCED AGAIN BEFORE STAYING ON THE GROUND.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA83LA123
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 March 1993 | N2899X | Hill, John H. | 0 | Buena, WA | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Apr-2024 06:25 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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