- Date
- December 22, 1985, 10:37 local (15:37 UTC)
- Place
- Brooklyn, MI
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N34046Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851222077609A
- Case key
- 13535
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot took off with five passengers approximately 170 pounds over maximum allowable gross weight into known moderate icing conditions. His aircraft was not equipped to fly in these conditions. Radio and radar contact were lost at approximately 3500 feet MSL, and the aircraft was sighted coming out of an overcast deck with a failed wing. It impacted an ice covered lake in a near vertical attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34046
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701613
- Airframe hours
- 1,347
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harlan K. Keillor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 17, 1984 · 136 hours before
- Departed
- JXN · Jackson, MI
- Destination
- I74 · Urbana, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 596 total · 526 in this make and model · 489 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JXN, 9 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.