- Date
- October 27, 1992, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lubbock, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N75077Cessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921027043919A
- Case key
- 18608
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Probable cause
The partial power loss due to a disconnected throttle cable. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain at the pilot's disposal.
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
An instructor was providing qualification training to the new owner of the airplane. On his fifth stop and go landing, the pilot retarded the throttle to idle abeam his intended landing point. While on base leg, he advanced the throttle to adjust his rate of descent but the engine failed to respond and continued to run at idle speed. Controls were transferred to the instructor who also attempted to increase power without success. Examination of the wreckage revealed that a retaining clip anchoring the throttle cable assembly to the firewall was missing thus allowing the entire housing to move whenever the throttle was advanced or retarded. While attempting a forced landing to a cultivated field, the left main gear was severed on impact with the furrows.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75077
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30290
- Airframe hours
- 4,400
- Engine
- Continental O-470-A, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hollabaugh, Steven W.
- Registered owner
- Hollabaugh, Steven W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 8, 1992 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- F82
- Destination
- F82
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
- 49
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 450 in this make and model · 10,800 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBB, 7 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.
Other investigations on N75077 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.