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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 177B · Fort Myers, FL · April 19, 1990

Date
April 19, 1990 · 16:50 local
Place
Fort Myers, FL
Airport
North Captiva Air Inc Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N30962
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA90FA107
Reported as
Cessna 177B
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1F6
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total256 in this make and model

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 on steep climbout. Stalled. Engine started in dive,unable to recover airspeed. Water in minimal fuel.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON STEEP CLIMBOUT. STALLED. ENGINE STARTED IN DIVE,UNABLE TO RECOVER AIRSPEED. WATER IN MINIMAL FUEL.

NTSB investigation

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