# Accident 19960712047519A: Cessna 177RG, Rockaway, NJ, July 12, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1996, 06:30 local time
- Place: Rockaway, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8959° N, 74.5173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockaway, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8959&lon=-74.5173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8059G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8059G-2013-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960712047519A

## Narrative

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

(-16) AIRCRAFT ELT BATTERY HAD EXPIRED. IMPROPER PREFLIGHT, AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL. MR. LOCH WHAD AN EXPIRED MEDICAL IN HIS POSSESSION. MR. LOCH WAS FLYING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTOXICANTS.

## 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 NYC96LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA147), Jul 12, 1996: Cessna 177RG (N8059G), Rockaway, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's impairment of judgment and performance due to alcohol which led to his inadequate preflight of the aircraft and his inadequate inflight decision which resulted in fuel exhaustion and loss…

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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