# NTSB CHI86FA192: Cessna 177RG, N52476, Oshkosh, WI, August 1, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: August 1, 1986, 13:02 local (18:02 UTC)
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Coordinates: 44.059745, -88.539108 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0597&lon=-88.5391&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13267
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FA192
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13267/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FA192

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Ditching, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52476), registered now, S/N 177RG1197, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 177RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (registry code 2073709) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (registry code 41593, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 177RG1197
- Airframe hours: 821
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860801036959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860801036959A), Aug 1, 1986: Cessna 177RG, Oshkosh, WI, Substantial damage. Engine quit on final approach. Landed in a lake after crosscountry flight. No measureable quantity of fuel in tanks

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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