NTSB CAROL · Event
Event WPR25LA017
Registry · N35281
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 177B
Year of manufacture
1975 · 49 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A3EFC5
Registrant of record
FREEBIRD WINGS LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
The pilot’s loss of aircraft control during the landing flare and subsequent aborted landing.
Factual narrative
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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12
NTSB Findings
Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).
- — Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Pilot
- — Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-(general)-Not attained/maintained
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_2024_WPR25LA017.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
Full investigation docket on
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