- Date
- January 30, 1993, 09:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- Barrington, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29515Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930130001209A
- Case key
- 15660
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power due to fuel contamination.
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
Pilot on a cross country flight experienced a loss of engine power and made a forced landing on a frozen lake. The airplane slid into the bank and collapsed the nose and right main landing gear. The gascolator contained water and other contamination. Airworthiness directive 86-19-11, which required installation of fuel system quick drains had not been complied with.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29515
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700937
- Airframe hours
- 2,406
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gasperich, Rudolph
- Registered owner
- Gasperich, Rudolph
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 31, 1992 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- 06C · Schaumburg, IL
- Destination
- C81 · Grayslake, IL
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
- 75
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,600 total · 491 in this make and model · 11,500 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 18 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 15 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 N29515 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.