19810225005499A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 177RG · Philadelphia, PA · February 25, 1981

Date
February 25, 1981 · 09:45 local
Place
Philadelphia, PA
Airport
Northeast Philade
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N34144
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC81FHD13
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
820 total501 in this make and model56 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.

Engine quit after takeoff climbing to cruise. Pilot attempted return to airport, but could not make it.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT AFTER TAKEOFF CLIMBING TO CRUISE. PILOT ATTEMPTED RETURN TO AIRPORT, BUT COULD NOT MAKE IT.

NTSB investigation

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