- Date
- April 18, 1987, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brookville, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N2356YCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870418010159A
- Case key
- 7411
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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 reported a partial pwr loss at about 30 ft AGL during the initial takeoff climb. He elected to land straight ahead in a soft, plowed field. The acft nosed over during the landing. Post accident inspection revealed evidence of water in the fuel lines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2356Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700156
- Airframe hours
- 2,431
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard N. Benning
- Registered owner
- Benning, Richard N.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- I19 · Xenia, OH
- Airport
- I19 · Brookville Air Park, runway 9, 2,500 × 30 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
- 55
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,386 total · 6,297 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2356Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.