- Date
- September 27, 1982, 20:10 local (Sep 28, 1982, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Forest Hill, MD
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N11562Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820927064749A
- Case key
- 70699
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high obstruction(s)Factor
Maneuver - performed
Analysis
After takeoff, the engine lost power and the aircraft crashed in a cornfield. The pilot turned left to avoid a congestedarea and made ground contact with the left wing first. The aircraft was demolished by impact and fire. The pilot says hehad a quarter of a tank of fuel in each tank and was flying to an other airport to buy fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11562
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702346
- Airframe hours
- 1,860
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Leonard R. House Sr.
- Registered owner
- Leonard R. House Sr.
- Departed
- Forest Hill, MD
- Destination
- Martins, MD
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 262 total · 29 in this make and model · 186 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.