# NTSB investigations: Cessna 177, 1985 NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. ## Latest cases - [NTSB CHI86LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA040.md): Cessna 177 · Crookston, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 5, 1985 · N3386T · Substantial damage > While doing a 270 degree turn on base leg for runway realignment the pilot permitted the acft to fly into the ground. - [NTSB LAX86LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA044.md): Cessna 177 · Stockton, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 22, 1985 · N3459T · Substantial damage > After performing a preflight inspection of his acft, the PIC along with a CFI who was acting as his safety plt, and another passenger departed. The CFI reportedly had logged over 19,000 hours & possessed an ATP certificate. The PIC did not report having any… - [NTSB MIA85LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA230.md): Cessna 177 · Vieques, PR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 12, 1985 · N30232 · Substantial damage > The CFI and student plt utilized a homemade dipstick to check the fuel tanks & determined they had about 8 gals of fuel in the tanks. About 30 minutes after takeoff the eng failed and all restart attempts were negative. The acft was ditchedin about 25 ft of… - [NTSB ATL85LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA218.md): Cessna 177 · Stanton, KY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 1985 · N3150T · Substantial damage > The pilot reported that during takeoff, he believed that the flight controls were not responding to control inputs. Moments after lift-off, he aborted the takeoff. The airplane continued off the departure end of the runway, where the nose gear and engine… - [NTSB NYC85FFA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FFA02.md): Cessna 177 · Claryville, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Apr 23, 1985 · N3401T · Substantial damage > The acft impacted trees during a precautionary lndg due to the plts EST of a low fuel state. The flt had proceeded r enroute to an intended dest of oxford me from frederick MD without filling a flt plan. After aprx 3 hrs of flying on a 60 degree mag hdg the… - [NTSB MIA85LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA174.md): Cessna 177 · Ocala, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 22, 1985 · N2370Y · Substantial damage > The plt stated that during the landing flare, he stalled the acft & landed hard. - [NTSB LAX85FA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA197.md): Cessna 177 · Fallbrook, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 10, 1985 · N2907X · Destroyed > Although aware of existing IMC conditions and reduced lighting with the setting of the sun, the plt attempted a visual apch to his home arpt which did not have an approved apch. His remarks to mcclellen-palomar twr, regarding the use of the on-board loran… - [NTSB FTW85LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA155.md): Cessna 177 · Monroe, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 19, 1985 · N2207Y · Substantial damage > Aprx 15 mins after departure, on final apch to Monroe regional arpt the eng lost pwr due to fuel exhaustion. During the forced landing the acft struck cable tv lines and trees causing a right yaw and uncontrolled descent to the ground. The student plt stated… - [NTSB NYC85LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA079.md): Cessna 177 · Wheatfield, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 10, 1985 · N30155 · Destroyed > The plt reported that during arrival, he made a complete landing check & applied carb heat before reducing power. He stated that when the power was reduced to 1900 to 2000 RPM, the eng suddenly stopped running. He attempted to restart the eng, but was unable.… - [NTSB LAX85LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA109.md): Cessna 177 · Fullerton, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 14, 1985 · N3279T · Substantial damage > On landing, the acft porpoised after it touched down long & fast. A go-around was attempted, but too late, & the acft struck a fence at the end of the rwy. The owner of the acft a pre-solo student pilot, was a passenger. The 'pilot' left the scene & could not… ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 1985 AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2073704')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2073704&year=1985 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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