30.4507° N, 91.1546° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Baton Rouge, LA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 30, 1979 · 11:00 local
Place
Baton Rouge, LA
Airport
Ryan
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N216ZQ
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total11 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Forced landing due to engine failure. Suspect oil pump failure.
As the FAA filed it
FORCED LANDING DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE. SUSPECT OIL PUMP FAILURE.