# NTSB FTW82FQA27: Cessna 177B, N1477C, Guadalupita, NM, September 30, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: September 30, 1982, 10:33 local (16:33 UTC)
- Place: Guadalupita, NM
- Location: 36.1375° N, 105.2386° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Guadalupita, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1375&lon=-105.2386&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70919
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82FQA27
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70919/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQA27

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - downdraft (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - turbulence (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise - normal
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1477C-2012-10-11), registration cancelled 2012-10-11, S/N 17702733, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Registry model: [Cessna 177B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (registry code 2073708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17702733
- Airframe hours: 424
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820930050129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820930050129A), Sep 30, 1982: Cessna 177B, Guadalupita, NM, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain at 10800 foot elevation. Clouds obscured tops of mountains.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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