# Accident 19990706044089A: Cessna 177RG, Weldon Springs, MO, July 6, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1999, 16:30 local time
- Place: Weldon Springs, MO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7000° N, 90.6692° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7000&lon=-90.6692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1937Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA226) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990706044089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) APPROX. 50 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTING KIRKSVILLE MO THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE OIL PRESSURE WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GREEN ARC WHEN HE WAS SCANNING THE FLIGHT/ENGINE INSTRUMENTS. HE NOTIFIED SUS TOWER OF HIS SITUATION. THEY DIRECTED HIM TO CONTACT ST. LOUIS APPROACH CONTROL. WITHIN 1 TO 2 MINUTES THE ENIGNE SOUNDED AS IF IT WAS DESTRUCTING INTERNALLY THEN IT SEIZED. HE RADIOED A "MAYDAY" CALL. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS EXECUTED INTO THE BUSCH WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AREA IN WELDON SPRINGS, MO. THE ALNDING SITE WAS A FIELD THAT WAS APPROX. 175-200 YARDS LONG WITH TREES SURROUNDING IT. THE AIRPLANE LANDED WITH ABOUT 40% OF THE AVAILABLE FIELD LENGTH LEFT. IT ROLLED TO THE EDGE OF THE FIELD AND CONTACTED A ROW OF TREES WITH THE NOSE ENDING UP BETWEEN A COUPLE OF TREES. DAMAGE WAS NOTICED AT THE LEADING EDGE OF BOTH WINGS, A PROPELLER BLADE APPEARED TO BE SLIGHTLY BENT, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT SHOWED SIGNS OF DEFORMATION AT THE FOOT STEP AREA, AND THE LEFTSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE BELLY SECTION WAS DEFORMED INWARD BY CONTACT WITH THE TREES.

## 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 CHI99LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA226), Jul 6, 1999: Cessna 177RG (N1937Q), Weldon Springs, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the loss of engine oil for undetermined reasons. A factor was the trees.

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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