At 0045 eastern time, a Cessna 177 was damaged when it veered off the runway during landing at Dayton Wright Brothers Airport. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. The pilot said they were returning to Dayton after attending a baseball game in Cincinnati. He said the airplane ballooned during the flare and he elected to go around, but the airplane would not gain airspeed or climb. As the end of the runway approached, he elected to land the airplane. It landed hard and fast and the gear collapsed. Before the accident trip began, the pilot had logged only 1.6 hours in the previous 11 months, including a biennial flight review. His last night flight was logged nearly two years earlier.
September 13, Dayton, Ohio / Cessna 177
At 0045 eastern time, a Cessna 177 was damaged when it veered off the runway during landing at Dayton Wright Brothers Airport. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. The pilot said they were returning to Dayton after attending a baseball game in Cincinnati. He said the airplane ballooned during the flare and he elected to go around, but the airplane would not gain airspeed or climb. As the end of the runway approached, he elected to land the airplane. It landed hard and fast and the gear collapsed. Before the accident trip began, the pilot had logged only 1.6 hours in the previous 11 months, including a biennial flight review. His last night flight was logged nearly two years earlier...
Key Takeaways:
- A Cessna 177 was damaged after veering off the runway during a hard landing at Dayton Wright Brothers Airport, though the pilot and two passengers were uninjured.
- The incident occurred after the aircraft ballooned during the flare, and a subsequent go-around attempt failed to gain airspeed or climb.
- Contributing factors included the pilot's significantly low recent flight experience, with only 1.6 hours logged in the preceding 11 months and nearly two years since their last night flight.
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