Cessna 177RG accident near Elmer, New Jersey, September 7, 2000
On September 7, 2000 at about 2:00 pm local time, a Cessna 177RG, registered N2156Q, was substantially damaged in an accident near Elmer, New Jersey (Emmanuel airport). It was an instructional flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The instructor's failure to take remedial action.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- September 7, 2000 · about 2:00 pm local time
- Place
- Elmer, New Jersey · Emmanuel
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 177RG · all 177RGs on the register
- Registration
- N2156Q · registry record · serial 177RG0556
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The airplane entered a left downwind at 1,500 feet msl for a 3,500-foot by 50-foot runway, which was bordered by corn 3 feet from both edges. The instructor told the pilot to conduct a power off landing. When the airplane was abeam the touchdown point, the pilot retarded the throttle, lowered the landing gear, and selected one notch of flaps. The pilot made one continuous turn from downwind to final. On the base leg portion of the turn, the pilot selected the second notch of flaps. He turned final, and at some point selected full flaps. When the airplane was about 10 feet above the runway, the pilot commented they were going to hit a little hard. The instructor responded by telling him to add 'a little power.' The pilot advanced the throttle to full open; the airplane turned left; the left wing contacted the corn; and the airplane impacted the ground, coming to rest inverted.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, flight instructor
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; single-engine sea; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 5,050 hours in all; 5 in this make and model; 24 in the last 90 days; 17 in the last 30 days; 4,000 as pilot in command; 25 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: rgt
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 438 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, August 30, 2000; 1 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,800 lb
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Lycoming IO-360 (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: 17N Cross Keys NJ at 1:45 pm
- Destination: 04NJ
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 8, 3,500 ft by 50 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 100° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 64°F (18°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 1:54 pm from MIV, 17 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number NYC00LA253.