- Date
- October 28, 1984, 18:33 local (23:33 UTC)
- Place
- White Mills, KY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N34111Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841028058739A
- Case key
- 6655
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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.
Analysis
The plt made a gear-up forced landing after experiencing a total loss of power during cruise flt. Post accident inspection of the aircraft revealed less than 12 ounces of fuel on board. Plt stated he did not visually check the fuel quantity on the day of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34111
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG0971
- Airframe hours
- 5,377
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James D. Hornback
- Registered owner
- James A. Livers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 28, 1984 · 487 hours before
- Departed
- BWG · Bowling Green, KY
- Destination
- I98 · Elizabethtown, KY
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 255 in this make and model · 526 as pilot in command · 255 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 260° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTK, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.