The pilot reported that the Cessna 177 porpoised three times on the second landing, and bounced once on the third and final landing.
He reported that while taxing to the fuel pump at the airport in Los Angeles, he noticed he had a “flat tire” on the nose wheel.
During a post-accident examination of the engine and airframe, substantial damage to the firewall was discovered.
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain pitch control during the landing, resulting in a hard landing.
NTSB Identification: GAA15CA248
This August 2015 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others.
Do you think he had to use full power to taxi?
Bartr : a LOT of these suffering bastards had marginal inexperienced CFIs who were just building time for the airlines and disinterestedly and inappropriately insisted their students crab down final in crosswinds instead of crosscontrol slipping the last half mile….and typically land almost flat because both “techniques” were “just like the big boys”. If more folks learned in taildraggers there would be fewer nosewheels hitting first when they moved to trikes. I must mention that though the 177RG is the most beautiful aircraft Cessna ever designed and built, it did have some teething problems porpoising in the flare with nervous twitchy pilots facing its powerful stabilator vs usual Cessna horizontal/elevator setup. These were reduced substantially by adding a slot to it, but not entirely it seems.
How do these people get a license with skills so poor that landing a high wing, tricycle gear Cessna is beyond their abilities?!