- Date
- May 27, 1984, 19:20 local (May 28, 1984, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30144Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840527034759A
- Case key
- 21344
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Mixture control,linkage - overtorque
Maintenance,adjustment - improperCause
Mixture control,cable - separationCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
Acft had power loss at 2500 MSL 5 min after takeoff. A forced landing was made & the acft collided with a tree during the lndg roll. Examination of acft disclosed that the mixture control cable separated from the arm at the engine where it had been over tightened with a securing bolt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30144
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701076
- Airframe hours
- 1,269
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul R. Prentice
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 23, 1983 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- F72 · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- F16 · Denton, TX
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 206 total · 28 in this make and model · 146 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 10 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.