# NTSB investigations: Cessna 177B, 1982

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 NYC83FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA041.md): Cessna 177B · Starrucca, PA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 12, 1982 · N34595 · Destroyed
  > During a weather briefing before takeoff, the student pilot was advised of icing conditions, turbulence, snowshowers and snow squalls along ridges north of the wilkes-barre/scranton, PA area. The weather briefer indicated that VFR flight was not recommended.…
- [NTSB FTW82FQA27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQA27.md): Cessna 177B · Guadalupita, NM · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Sep 30, 1982 · N1477C · Destroyed
  > Pilot on cross-country impacted the side of a 11,055 foot mountain at the 10,800 foot level. The mountains were obscured at the time.
- [NTSB CHI82DA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA314.md): Cessna 177 · Minford, OH · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Aug 20, 1982 · N30845 · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft had just recently received an annual inspection. Before taking off on a local flight, the fuel tanks were topped off. The pilot reported that the preflight run-up was satisfactory, and during the takeoff roll, the engine developed full power.…
- [NTSB LAX82DA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA175.md): Cessna 177B · 6 Nm S. Of Lake, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 16, 1982 · N16150 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that when he performed his preflight of the aircraft the visual check of the fuel tanks indicated fuel to the bottom of the tabs. Twenty two minutes after takeoff the engine quit. He executed a landing and the aircraft collided with a ditch…
- [NTSB LAX82DA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA166.md): Cessna 177B · Modesto, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 29, 1982 · N1105C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was practicing touch and go landings with a right quartering headwind that was gusting to 20 KTS. On the second landing, the aircraft ballooned and began to porpoise. On the third touchdown, the aircraft stopped porpoising, but the tip of one…
- [NTSB LAX82DA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA057.md): Cessna 177B · Elko, NV · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jan 30, 1982 · N35289 · Substantial damage
  > The owner of the aircraft stated that he had "topped the tanks" after the previous flight. The pilot of this flight said that he did not visually check the fuel before takeoff. During flight, the right fuel gauge continued to indicate full. About 15 miles…
- [NTSB ATL82DA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA040.md): Cessna 177 · Athens, GA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jan 24, 1982 · N34975 · Substantial damage
  > During an enroute refueling stop on 1/21 the pilot noticed fuel leaking around the left tank cap. After arriving at sanford the acft was refueled with appx 50 gals & a local flight of about 12 min was flown. The acft has a usable fuel capacity of 59 gals. The…
- [NTSB DEN82FTA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTA09.md): Cessna 177B · Wolf Pt., MT · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Jan 20, 1982 · N35147 · Destroyed
  > The pilot reported that he encountered a snow squall while cruising at 5000 ft MSL on a VFR flight plan at night. He stated that he descended to 4000 ft MSL to try to get under the squall and continue. He was unable to remember what happened after descending…

## 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") = 1982
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2073708'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2073708&year=1982

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