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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 177RG · Pell City, AL · June 23, 1984

Date
June 23, 1984 · 13:30 local
Place
Pell City, AL
Airport
Saint Clair Co
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7554V
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL84FKG08
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,211 total5 in this make and model17 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.

Induction alternate air door hinge failed. Door lodged across injector tube engine quit, landed in field,hit fence.

As the FAA filed it

INDUCTION ALTERNATE AIR DOOR HINGE FAILED. DOOR LODGED ACROSS INJECTOR TUBE ENGINE QUIT, LANDED IN FIELD,HIT FENCE.

NTSB investigation

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