- Date
- September 17, 1992, 09:12 local (14:12 UTC)
- Place
- Manlius, IL
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30076Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920917037069A
- Case key
- 15312
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a forced landing, and his inadequate preflight which resulted in fuel exhaustion and power loss.
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 airplane impacted the terrain after failing to successfully complete an off-airport landing following an in-flight engine failure. On-scene investigation found no fuel in the fuel tanks, and no odor of fuel. The previous evening, after refueling the tanks, the aircraft was left parked on an inclined ramp. As warned by a service letter issued in 1969, the aircraft lost fuel resulting from a cross-feed condition into the lower wing fuel bay when the selector valve is in the 'both on' position. This cross-feed condition can result in overfilling of the lower wing tank and cause fuel to drip from the lower wing tip vent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30076
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1770155
- Airframe hours
- 2,660
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Grand Lake Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- Grand Lake Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 29, 1992 · 96 hours before
- Departed
- HHG · Huntington, IN
- Destination
- CIN · Carroll, IA
- 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,535 total · 1,465 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLI, 40 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 N30076 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.