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NTSB investigation record

SEA93LA079

Completed

Cessna 177· N2899X

NTSB Report
Date
March 18, 1993
Location
Buena, WA
Conditions
VMC
Record
Published October 13, 1993

Primary finding

Probable cause

The pilot in command's failure to maintain directional control. Factors contributing to the accident were crosswinds and the fence.

Investigator assessment

Analysis narrative

The pilot encountered a 10 to 12 knot left crosswind while landing on runway 28 at the private airstrip and began to drift right. After attempting to correct for the drift, he added power and executed a balked landing. During the go around the aircraft drifted left impacting a cyclone fence which paralleled the runway on its south side.

Source record

Factual narrative

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