# Accident 19800406008569A: Cessna 177B, Edwards, MO, April 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1980, 17:15 local time
- Place: Edwards, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1367° N, 93.1696° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edwards, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1367&lon=-93.1696&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18127, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18127-2012-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 167 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800406008569A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST OIL PRESSURE. ENGINE SEIZED, HIT TREES SHORT OF LANDING AREA. FOUND ENGINE OIL PUMP HAD FAILED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC80FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA028), Apr 6, 1980: Cessna 177B (N18127), Edwards, MO, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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