- Date
- September 25, 1983, 21:30 local (Sep 26, 1983, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N53070Cessna 177RGII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830925051789A
- Case key
- 21063
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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Airport facilities,taxiway lighting - inadequateFactor
Analysis
The aircraft collided with a ditch while taxiing to the ramp following a night landing. The taxiway was unlighted & the plt stated the he 'simply turned too short onto the main taxiway.' Damage was limited to the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53070
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RGII
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG1336
- Airframe hours
- 800
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Graden Harger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1983 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- 66R · Columbus, TX
- Airport
- SGR · Hull, runway 17, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 181 total · 57 in this make and model · 181 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 80° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.