- Date
- July 9, 1973
- Place
- Santa Ynez, CA · SANTA YNEZ, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30757Cessna 177B
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730709020829A
- Case key
- 189222
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2458 73/7/9 SANTA YNEZ,CALIF CESSNA 177B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 315 TIME - 1145 N30757 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA YNEZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA YNEZ,CALIF UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- KNOWN MAGNETO DEFECT.DISREGARDED ROUGH MAG ON RUNUP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30757
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Ynez
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.