- Date
- February 23, 1976
- Place
- Rancho Mirage, CA · RANCHO MIRAGE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2027QCessna 177RG
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760223003539A
- Case key
- 152853
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0308 76/2/23 RANCHO MIRAGE,CA CESSNA 177RG CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1230 N2027Q PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 21, 1135 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION THERMAL,CA SANTA MONICA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LND ON GOLF COURSE. HIT CARTS & EQUIPMENT. NO MALFUNCTION FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2027Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.