Private pilot of a cessna 177 struck a tv antenna mounted on a 2 story house off the approach end of...

Attributes
ACN	350802
Time
Date	199610
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 1o3
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 100 agl bound upper : 200
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ord
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Cardinal 177/177RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 18 flight time total : 868 flight time type : 77
ASRS Report	350802
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

After calling a right downwind, base, and final, and when I was about 3/4 mi from end of runway, a plane pulled onto the runway without any communication. I then called 'on short final for runway 26, lodi.' while watching the plane on the runway and weighing the decision to make a 360 degree, I heard a loud crack. I thought I had blown the engine. I scanned the panel-a ok, looked at the propeller-a ok. By this time I was over the highway and the other plane was on its way. I called and said I had hit something. I thought I had hit a bird. I landed and taxied to transient parking. When I got out I noticed a tv antenna around my nose fairing. I looked back through the approach which had lines buried across the approach. I saw a tv antenna about 1/3 the way down. This was not the first time this tv antenna has been hit. I drove back down the following weekend and the tv antenna had been replaced, but shorter this time. I didn't see any reflectors on either the tv antenna, the 2 story house, or on the piece around my fairing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PVT PLT OF A CESSNA 177 STRUCK A TV ANTENNA MOUNTED ON A 2 STORY HOUSE OFF THE APCH END OF RWY 26 AT LODI, CA. A NORMAL LNDG WAS MADE WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. THE RPTR HEARD A NOISE IN THE ENG COMPARTMENT AREA AND THOUGHT THE ENG MAY HAVE 'BLOWN!'

Narrative: AFTER CALLING A R DOWNWIND, BASE, AND FINAL, AND WHEN I WAS ABOUT 3/4 MI FROM END OF RWY, A PLANE PULLED ONTO THE RWY WITHOUT ANY COM. I THEN CALLED 'ON SHORT FINAL FOR RWY 26, LODI.' WHILE WATCHING THE PLANE ON THE RWY AND WEIGHING THE DECISION TO MAKE A 360 DEG, I HEARD A LOUD CRACK. I THOUGHT I HAD BLOWN THE ENG. I SCANNED THE PANEL-A OK, LOOKED AT THE PROP-A OK. BY THIS TIME I WAS OVER THE HWY AND THE OTHER PLANE WAS ON ITS WAY. I CALLED AND SAID I HAD HIT SOMETHING. I THOUGHT I HAD HIT A BIRD. I LANDED AND TAXIED TO TRANSIENT PARKING. WHEN I GOT OUT I NOTICED A TV ANTENNA AROUND MY NOSE FAIRING. I LOOKED BACK THROUGH THE APCH WHICH HAD LINES BURIED ACROSS THE APCH. I SAW A TV ANTENNA ABOUT 1/3 THE WAY DOWN. THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS TV ANTENNA HAS BEEN HIT. I DROVE BACK DOWN THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND AND THE TV ANTENNA HAD BEEN REPLACED, BUT SHORTER THIS TIME. I DIDN'T SEE ANY REFLECTORS ON EITHER THE TV ANTENNA, THE 2 STORY HOUSE, OR ON THE PIECE AROUND MY FAIRING.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Private pilot of a cessna 177 struck a tv antenna mounted on a 2 story house off the approach end of runway 26 at lodi, ca. A normal landing was made with no damage to the aircraft. The reporter heard a noise in the engine compartment area and thought the engine may have 'blown!'