# Accident 19980528020729A: Cessna 177RG, Tocsin, IN, May 28, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1998, 18:30 local time
- Place: Tocsin, IN
- Airport: The Lazy K Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7992° N, 85.0891° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7992&lon=-85.0891&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1849Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1849Q-1998-12-05) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 192 total, 14 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980528020729A

## Narrative

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

IMPACTED TERRAIN SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. NO FURTHER INFO. (.4)THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING NORMALLY, BUT THE AIRPLANE DID NOT SEEM TO WANT TO CLIMB DURING THE TAKEOFF.  THE PILOT STATED HE RAISED THE LANDING GEAR NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY AT WHICH TIME THE STALL HORN ACTIVATED.  HE THEN RAISED THE FLAPS FROM 10 DEGREES TO FULLY RETRACTED AND MADE A TURN TO AVOID WIRES AHEAD OF HIM.  HE STATED THE AIRPLANE THEN 'MUSHED' INTO THE TERRAIN.  POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE AND ENGINE FAILED TO REVEAL ANY REASON WHY THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF OBTAINING A NORMAL RATE OF CLIMB DURING THE TAKEOFF.

## 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 CHI98LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA179), May 28, 1998: Cessna 177RG (N1849Q), Tocsin, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to obtain adequate airspeed during the takeoff climb and the resulting inadvertant stall. A factor in the accident was the pilot's premature raising of the flaps.

## Other reports on N1849Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19970702016679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970702016679I), Jul 2, 1997: Cessna 177RG (N1849Q), Steubenville, OH, Minor damage. Narrative: during taxi after landing, pilot taxied on taxi way, made a turn in grass and aircraft collided with a sign. Aircraft had minor damage. No one was…

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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