# Accident 20200724015569A: Cessna 177RG, Salinas, PR, July 24, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2020, 10:02 local time
- Place: Salinas, PR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 17.9561° N, 66.2844° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=17.9561&lon=-66.2844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1813Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1813Q-2021-09-04) (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: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 384 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA261) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200724015569A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 24, 2020, ABOUT 1002HRS ATLANTIC STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 177RG, N1813Q, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR SALINAS, PUERTO RICO. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE, STATED THAT HE PERFORMED A THOROUGH PREFLIGHT INSPECTION AND AN ENGINE RUN-UP BEFORE DEPARTURE WITH NO FUEL CONTAMINATION NOTED AND NO DISCREPANCIES WITH THE RUN-UP REPORTED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM FERNANDO LUIS RIBAS DOMINICCI AIRPORT (SIG), SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, ABOUT 0852 WITH FULL FUEL TANKS AND FLEW WEST, WHERE ACCORDING TO ADS-B DATA WHEN NEAR DORADO, HE BRIEFLY PERFORMED AIR WORK, THEN PROCEEDED TO MERCEDITA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (TJPS), PONCE, PUERTO RICO. THERE HE PERFORMED 1 TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING FOLLOWED BY 2 FULL-STOP TAXI BACK LANDINGS. AFTER TAKEOFF FROM TJPS WHILE IN ROUTE TO JOSE APONTE DE LA TORRE AIRPORT, CEIBA, PUERTO RICO, THE FLIGHT CLIMBED TO ABOUT 1,100 FT. MEAN SEA LEVEL. WHILE FLYING AT THAT ALTITUDE, AND AT A SPEED BETWEEN 120 AND 130 MILES-PER-HOUR IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION, HE "FELT THIS VERY MILD VIBRATION" FOLLOWED BY A, "VERY SMOOTH GRADUAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER." HE INFORMED THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OF THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND TURNED ON THE AUXILIARY FUEL PUMP BUT THAT DID NOT RESTORE ENGINE POWER. THE ON-BOARD ENGINE ANALYZER INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS SHOCK COOLING WITH CORRESPONDING DECREASE OF EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE (EGT) AND CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE (CHT) READINGS. HE NOTED AN OPEN AREA TO HIS LEFT AND INFORMED THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OF THE IMPENDING FORCED LANDING. HE LANDED IN THE INTENDED AREA WITH THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS FULL DOWN, AND DURING THE LANDING ROLL HE RETRACTED THE FLAPS. WHEN THE AIRPLANE WAS NEARLY STOPPED, IT NOSED OVER.

## 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 ERA20LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA261), Jul 24, 2020: Cessna 177RG (N1813Q), Salinas, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: Contamination and corrosion within the fuel system that resulted in a blockage, starvation of fuel to the engine, and the total loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N1813Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19930529036509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930529036509I), May 29, 1993: Cessna 177RG (N1813Q), Sandusky, OH, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed while taxiing through construction area. Hit a lip in pavement.

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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