- Date
- August 22, 1988, 19:12 local (23:12 UTC)
- Place
- Ridgeland, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30335Cessna 177A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880822035029A
- Case key
- 7800
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot experienced a complete power loss about four hours after departing pompano beach. The pilot had varied his altitude throughout the flight. The flight manual indicates that the acft could fly about 3.8 hours, at 2500 feet altitude, on 48 gallons of fuel with no fuel reserve, and lean mixture. The pilot did not report leaning the fuel mixture at any point during the flight. There were no reported aircraft malfunctions or failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30335
- Reported as
- Cessna 177A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701201
- Airframe hours
- 2,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sale Reported
- Registered owner
- Peter W. Randall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 4, 1988 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- PMP · Pompano Beach, FL
- Destination
- RBW · Walterboro, SC
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 90 total · 8 in this make and model · 48 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 6° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAV
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 N30335 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.