- Date
- August 1, 1986, 13:02 local (18:02 UTC)
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N52476Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860801036959A
- Case key
- 13267
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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 IFR flt experienced an engine failure during the landing apch to the destination aprt in Oshkosh, WI, and the plt ditched the acft in lake winnebago. Exam of the acft showed that the eng failed due to fuel exhaustion. The plt reported there were 60 gallons of fuel on board at takeoff. The ditching occurred 4 hours and 32 minutes after takeoff. The manufacturer's fuel consumption calculation was 10.8 gph for the acft in cruise flt at 5,000 ft MSL using 75 percent power with the mixture leaned to provide an appropriate fuel/air ratio.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52476
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG1197
- Airframe hours
- 821
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles A. Bodine
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 9, 1985 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- D75 · Lakeville, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OSH · Wittman Field, runway 27, 6,166 × 150 ft, water
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 784 total · 550 in this make and model · 675 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSH, 3 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.