- Date
- July 17, 1981
- Place
- Wetumpka, AL · WETUMPKA, AL
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30760Cessna 177B
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810717047059A
- Case key
- 124633
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1878 81/7/17 WETUMPKA,AL CESSNA 177B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1707 N30760 PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 46, 1516 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 446 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WETUMPKA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DOTHAN,AL HAMILTON,AL WETUMPKA,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENGINE RPM DECREASED TO IDLE DURING CLIMBOUT.NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND DURING TEARDOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30760
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wetumpka Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.