# Accident 19930414052439A: Cessna 177B, Rensslaer, IN, April 14, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1993, 20:03 local time
- Place: Rensslaer, IN
- Airport: Jasper County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9292° N, 87.1408° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9292&lon=-87.1408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N973CQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N973CQ-1993-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1F6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,290 total, 2,612 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI93FA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93FA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930414052439A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AND DESCENDED INTO TREES NEAR AIRPORT. FOG AND HAZE IN AREA. PILOT HAD ARTERY DISEASE. USED QUININE.

## 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 CHI93FA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93FA137), Apr 15, 1993: Cessna 177B (N973CQ), Rensselaer, IN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL. FACTORS WERE FOG AND DRIZZLE, AND THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S CONTINUING VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC CONDITIONS.

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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