- Date
- September 30, 1982, 10:33 local (16:33 UTC)
- Place
- Guadalupita, NM
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1477CCessna 177B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820930050129A
- Case key
- 70919
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - obscurationFactor
Weather condition - turbulenceFactor
Vfr flight into imc - continuedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Analysis
Pilot on cross-country impacted the side of a 11,055 foot mountain at the 10,800 foot level. The mountains were obscured at the time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1477C
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702733
- Airframe hours
- 424
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David L. Shofner
- Registered owner
- David L. Shofner
- Departed
- Delhart, TX
- Destination
- Winslow, AZ
N1477CRegistration cancelled Oct 11, 2012 · Cessna 177BAirframe modelCessna 177BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 473 total · 45 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 135 °F
- Observed at
- LVS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.