- Date
- November 16, 1985, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Springerville, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30351Cessna 177A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851116057499A
- Case key
- 25019
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that the eng oil pressure dropped to zero while the acft was in cruise flight. He selected an open field in which to make a precautionary landing. He said that as he approached the field the acft entered a downdraft. He stated he had reduced eng pwr to flight idle and did not apply throttle after encountering the downdraft. The acft collided with telephone wires, a utility pole and a wire fence. The malfunction or failure that produced the indication of lost oil pressure was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30351
- Reported as
- Cessna 177A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701206
- Airframe hours
- 1,891
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Silver Creek Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 10, 1984 · 86 hours before
- Departed
- Q35 · Springerville, AZ
- Destination
- 4EQ · Taylor, AZ
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 484 total · 365 in this make and model · 459 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SOW, 14 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.