- Date
- July 25, 1992, 07:52 local (13:52 UTC)
- Place
- Clovis, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N35274Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920725027389A
- Case key
- 18540
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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Probable cause
Engine failure due to improper oil filter installation and subsequent improper aircraft control by the PIC which resulted in a stall. A factor was maintenance inspection not performed after the oil filter installation.
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 evening before the flight the oil and filter had been changed by a pilot who did not perform a maintenance engine test run following the work. A different pilot departed in the airplane the following morning and a total engine power loss occurred. Witnesses reported the airplane entered a nose high attitude and then the right wing hit the ground. The airplane impacted to the right of the runway and experienced a post crash fire. Examination of the engine and accessories revealed an improper oil filter installed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35274
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702304
- Airframe hours
- 2,145
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Club Of Clovis
- Registered owner
- Aero Club Of Clovis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 1, 1992 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- CVN
- Airport
- CVN · Clovis Municipal, runway 22, 6,200 × 150 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 135 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CVN, 1 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.