- Date
- July 25, 1991, 17:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Ashland, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8071Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11694
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Probable cause
Lost of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - water
Analysis
The airplane was climbing through 300 feet AGL, shortly after takeoff, when the engine lost power. The pilot unsuccessfully tried to restart the engine. He reported that he was beyond gliding distance to land, so he ditched the airplane in the underlying waters of the Ohio river. The investigation did not disclose mechanical defect of the engine. About 15 gallons of fuel was in each tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8071
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG0071
- Airframe hours
- 2,788
- Engine
- Lycoming IO360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- National Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- National Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 30, 1990 · 2,788 hours before
- Destination
- HTS · Huntington, WV
- Airport
- I28 · Ashland-Boyd County, runway 28, 5,603 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 68
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,499 total · 10 in this make and model · 5,311 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 31 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HTS, 30 nm away