# Incident 20000113003529I: Cessna 177RG, Sarasota-Braden, FL, January 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2000, 18:05 local time
- Place: Sarasota-Braden, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3954° N, 82.5544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTL (SRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3954&lon=-82.5544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34014, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34014) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 60 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000113003529I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 13, 2000, AT 1805 HOURS EST,A CESSNA MODEL 177RG, N34014, REGISTERED TO CARDINAL FLIGHT, INC., MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE SARASOTA-BRADENTON (SQR) AIRPORT. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.  THE ARICRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURIED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AS SRQ ON JANUARY 13, 2000, 1800 HOURS EST.  THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED A DROP IN OIL PRESSURE AND SUBSEQUENT POWER LOSS APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES OUT OF SRQ IN ROUTE TO WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO SRQ AND APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES OUT THE ENGINE LOCKED UP.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 32 IN THE GRASS, DAMAGING THE LEFT LANDING GEAR LEG.  INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT 6 QUARTS OF OIL WAS INDICATED OF THE ENGINE OIL DIPSTICK, BUT THE ENGINE COULD NOT BE ROTATED WITH THE PROPELLER.  REMOVAL AND INSPECTION OF THE TOP SPARK PLUGS REVEALED NO ADVERSE FINDINGS.  NO OTHER DETERMINATIONS COULD BE MADE AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION.  A REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS REVEALED THAT THIS ENGINE, SERIAL NUMBER L-13978-51A, WAS SUBJECT TO THE STRESS OF A PROPELLER GROUND STRIKE 1622 OPERATIONG HOURS TIME PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.  A TEAR DOWN INSPECTION OF     THE ENGINE WILL BE REVIEWED WHEN IT IS COMPLETED AND THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED OF REQUIRED.

## Other reports on N34014 (1)

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

- [Incident 20140608009599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140608009599I), Jun 8, 2014: Cessna 177RG (N34014), West Palm Beach, FL, Minor damage. Landing at F45 (6/8/14) on 8R, pilot lowered landing gear, felt normal increase in drag, but stated that the sound was a little weird. The passenger (wife)…

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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