- Date
- August 4, 1975
- Place
- Sugar Grove, IL · SUGAR GROVE, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2945XCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750804023639A
- Case key
- 149379
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1951 75/8/4 SUGAR GROVE,IL CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 943 TIME - 1252 N2945X PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 750 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AURORA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUGAR GROVE,IL PEORIA,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- SHAFT ASSEMBLY SHIMMY DAMPER P/N 1743022-1 SEPARATED AT ATTACH END.LAST ANNUAL INSP 7/26/74.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2945X
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Aurora
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.