# Accident 19970919027599A: Cessna 177RG, Sebring, FL, September 19, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1997, 19:31 local time
- Place: Sebring, FL
- Airport: Wolf Lake
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5099° N, 81.5496° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5099&lon=-81.5496&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2562V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2562V-1999-07-21) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 52 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97FA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97FA249) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970919027599A

## Narrative

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

APPEARS ENTERED AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS. OBSERVED DIVE INTO A LAKE. NEWLY OBTAINED IFR RATING. POSSIBLE VERTIGO. (-23) IFR CRASHED INTO LAKE AFTER ATC LOST RADAR AND RADIO CONTACT. T2'S IN AREA. AIRMAN WAS RECENTLY CERTIFICATED AS AN INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT HE OPERATED HIS AIRCRAFT INTO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHILE ON AN IFR PLAN. AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT SCENE OF ACCIDENT INTACT, WITH THE ENGINE GENERATING POWER.

## 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 MIA97FA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97FA249), Sep 19, 1997: Cessna 177RG (N2562V), Sebring, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: continued flight by the pilot into adverse weather conditions, and his failure to maintain aircraft control, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent until impact in a lake. The adverse weather…

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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