- Date
- May 27, 1989, 23:15 local (May 28, 1989, 05:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Collins, CO
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N17184Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890527013099A
- Case key
- 17713
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. The dark night and terrain condition were considered to be contributing factors.
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 plt rprtd that drg the initial climb after a night takeoff, the eng began making a popping sound, then lost power. He made an emergency landing in an area where the rwy was being extended an additional 2000 ft. while landing, the gear collapsed. A post-acdnt exam of the acft & a subsequent eng run failed to reveal any evidence to explain the rprtd power loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17184
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702512
- Airframe hours
- 4,125
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fort Collins Aviation
- Registered owner
- A & M Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 18, 1989 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- FNL
- Destination
- FNL
- Airport
- Ft Collins/Loveland, runway 33, 6,504 × 100 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 215 total · 19 in this make and model · 145 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.