- Date
- July 2, 1983, 14:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Canyon, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N20391Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830702027899A
- Case key
- 23776
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees during a forced landing after the engine quit. The pilot stated that while cruising at 9500FT the engine lost power. He declared an emergency and was cleared to land on any rwy at Grand Canyon arpt. He was unable to reach the arpt and landed in trees near the south rim of the Grand Canyon. The salvage crew that recovered theacft reported that there was no fuel in the fuel tanks of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20391
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702667
- Airframe hours
- 1,863
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Johannes Andal
- Registered owner
- Thomas Holliday
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 22, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- PRC · Prescott, AZ
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,713 total · 160 in this make and model · 3,543 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots, gusting 26
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GCN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.