- Date
- January 24, 1982, 16:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place
- Athens, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N34975Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820124001779A
- Case key
- 69822
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Analysis
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 tanks were not checked after the local flight. On 1/24 the pilot departed sanford for Athens,GA. Headwinds were encountered enroute causing a 30 to 45 min delay in arrival. While descending from 6500 ft the engine lost power. After landing in a soft muddy field the nose gear sheared & the acft flipped inverted.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34975
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702127
- Airframe hours
- 2,414
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Albert A. Sandberg
- Registered owner
- Albert A. Sandberg
- Departed
- AHN · Sanford, FL
- Destination
- Athens, GA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- AHN · Athens Municipal, runway 27, 4,992 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 156 total · 154 in this make and model · 117 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 106 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.