# Accident 20051116029469A: Cessna 177B, New Bern, NC, November 16, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2005, 11:00 local time
- Place: New Bern, NC
- Airport: Craven County Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0731° N, 77.0431° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0731&lon=-77.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N821KF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N821KF-2007-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051116029469A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ON APPROACH TO THE NEW BERN AIRPORT EWN WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER ON A 2 MILE FINAL TO RUNWAY 22. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD APPROXIMATELY 13 INCHES OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND 1000 RPM AS A POWER SETTING. UPON ADDING POWER TO CORRECT HIS GLIDE PATH, THE ENGINE "SPUTTERED" AND QUIT. THE PILOT MADE THE DECISION TO ATTEMPT TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT IN THE NEUSE RIVER AND IMMEDIATELY PULLED CARB HEAT BUT STATED "MY CARB ICE INDICATOR IN THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT IN THE YELLOW." PASSING THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET, THE PILOT PULLED THE MIXTURE AND OPENED THE RIGHT DOOR TO PREPARE FOR IMPACT. HE DID NOT KNOW WHY HE HAD NOT OPENED THE LEFT DOOR NEXT TO HIM. HE ALSO MOVED HIS SEAT BACK TO MINIMIZE THE CHANCE OF THE CONTROL YOKE HITTING HIM IN THE CHEST ON IMPACT. AT APPROXIMATELY 30-40 FEET, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE A HARD RIGHT TURN TO AVOID HITTING THE SHORE AND ENTERED A SPIN "BECAUSE HIS FEET COULD NOT REACH THE PEDALS." THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE WATER INVERTED. UPON RECOVERING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER, ALL OF THE CONTROLS WERE FOUND IN THE CONDITION THE PILOT HAD INDICATED. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS WERE IN THE AIRCRAFT, HOWEVER, NO LOGBOOKS WERE FOUND.

## 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 ATL06CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA016), Nov 16, 2005: Cessna 177 (N821KF), New Bern, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to activate the carburetor heat during approach resulting in a total loss of engine power due to carburetor ice.

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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