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| Date: | Sunday 13 October 2024 |
| Time: | 14:10 |
| Type: |  Cessna 177B Cardinal |
| Owner/operator: | Freebird Wings LLC |
| Registration: | N35281 |
| MSN: | 17702306 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hobby Field Airport (77S), Creswell, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hobby Field Airport, OR (77S) |
| Hobby Field Airport, OR (77S) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he misjudged the airplane’s distance to the runway during the landing flare, and the airplane bounced multiple times. He applied full engine power to abort the landing and retracted the flaps to 10°, but the airplane began to track to the left, and he reduced engine power to idle. The airplane then struck a taxiway sign, and the nose gear struck a concrete culvert. The airplane came to rest in the area between the runway and taxiway and sustained substantial damage to the horizontal stabilizer and lower forward fuselage structure. The pilot reported there were no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s loss of aircraft control during the landing flare and subsequent aborted landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195320
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=N35281
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N35281/history/20241013/1925Z
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Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Oct-2024 11:16 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 06-Nov-2024 12:42 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Accident report, ] |
| 17-Apr-2025 23:34 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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