- Date
- April 26, 1986, 12:28 local (18:28 UTC)
- Place
- Canton, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2285YCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860426013909A
- Case key
- 13338
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft sheared the nose gear in a forced landing off arpt in a partially cultivated field. The acft had lost power at about 100 ft AGL during takeoff. The plt said that he checked the mixture, throttle, fuel selector and turned on the electric fuel pump. The eng continued to lose power and a landing was made. After the acc the carburetor was removed and tested. The only questionable area was the possibility of a saturated & heavy composite float due to use of automotive fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2285Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700085
- Airframe hours
- 1,805
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Billy J. Mathis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 8, 1985 · 94 hours before
- Departed
- 3MY · Peoria, IL
- Airport
- CTK · Ingersoll, runway 18, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 922 total · 754 in this make and model · 711 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIA, 18 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.