# Accident 20080816848519A: Cessna 177, St Johns, AZ, August 16, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2008, 15:45 local time
- Place: St Johns, AZ
- Airport: St Johns Industrial Air Park
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5186° N, 109.3786° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5186&lon=-109.3786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3487T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3487T-2017-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,081 total, 59 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080816848519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 16, 2008, AT 1545 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, N3487T, A CESSNA 177, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN DURING TAKEOFF FROM ST. JOHNS INDUSTRIAL AIRPARK, ST JOHNS, ARIZONA.  THE PILOT WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES; THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE PILOT WAS DESTINED FOR FALCON FIELD, MESA, ARIZONA.  ACCORDING TO FUELING PERSONNEL AT THE AIRPORT WHO WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT, THE AIRPLANE LANDED AT ST. JOHNS ABOUT 1520.  DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER.  THE PILOT COULD  NOT RESTART THE ENGINE SO THE AIRPLANE WAS TOWED TO THE FUELING AREA.  THE FUEL TANKS WERE FILLED TO CAPACITY, THE ENGINE STARTED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY, AND THE PILOT THEN DEPARTED AT 1545.  THE WITNESS SAW THE AIRPLANE GO DOWN THE RUNWAY AND THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN ENGINE POWER.  THE AIRPLANE LIFTED OUT OF GROUND EFFECT AND DID NOT CLIMB ANY HIGHER.  IT CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY AND AT ITS END, THE WITNESS SAW THE AIRPLANE STALL TO THE LEFT, PRIOR TO GROUND IMPACT.  THE PILOT SUBSEQUENTLY DIED.

## 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 SEA08LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA179), Aug 16, 2008: Cessna 177 (N3487T), St. Johns, AZ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to abort the takeoff when a suitable climb rate could not be attained. Contributing to the accident was the reduction of available power due to the camshaft lobe and lifter…

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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