# NTSB CHI85LA365: Cessna 177, N30654, Glandorf, OH, September 2, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 2, 1985, 16:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Glandorf, OH
- Location: 41.0236° N, 84.0674° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Glandorf, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0236&lon=-84.0674&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13204
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA365
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13204/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA365

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly,bearing - overtemperature (cause)
  - engine assembly,crankshaft - bent (cause)
  - lubricating system - undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT DURING CRUISE FLT THE PROP PITCH BEGAN TO VARY, OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO AND THE ENG BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. A FORCED LANDING ENSUED DURING WHICH THE ACFT CONTACTED A DITCH. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE ENG DISCLOSED THE #3 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD AND CRANKSHAFT JOURNAL WERE BADLY BURNED AND SCARRED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N30654](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30654), registered now, S/N 17701386, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Registry model: [Cessna 177B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (registry code 2073708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 177-01386
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A1E6 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Mt. Vernon Associates, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 20, 1984, 68 hours before
- Departed: GRAND RAPIDS, MI
- Destination: 6G4, MT. VERNON, OH

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 320 total, 68 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850902042209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850902042209A), Sep 2, 1985: Cessna 177B, Glandorf, OH, Substantial damage. Oil pressure dropped. Struck ditch during forced landing rollout. NR3 cylinder connecting rod bearing failed.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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