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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 177RG · Lopez, WA · September 16, 1980

Date
September 16, 1980 · 21:15 local
Place
Lopez, WA
Airport
Lopez
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7514V
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA80FA049
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
4,609 total400 in this make and model38 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.

Airplane struck a deer on its takeoff roll lifted off, struck trees. Landing, taxi lights not on. Thick fog.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE STRUCK A DEER ON ITS TAKEOFF ROLL LIFTED OFF, STRUCK TREES. LANDING, TAXI LIGHTS NOT ON. THICK FOG.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.