- Date
- July 14, 1989, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lockport, IL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor; on the ground: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3146TCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890714022349A
- Case key
- 14263
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation, and his failure to attain adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall or mush. A factor related to the accident was: the aircraft's excessive gross weight.
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 aircraft departed from a 3000 ft runway with a pilot and two passengers on board. After a long takeoff roll, the airplane lifted off, but failed to gain normal altitude. One witness reported that he observed up & downd movement of the 'stabilator' & that the plane was starting to porpoise in flight. The aircraft entered a left turn beyond the end of the runway, then descended & collided with a manufacturing plant. The aircraft's gross weight was calculated to be 86 lbs over the maximum certified limit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3146T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700446
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James F. Maloney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- LOT · Lewis University, runway 9, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,255 total · 800 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Observed at
- ARR, 20 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.
Other investigations on N3146T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.