- Date
- April 29, 1986, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Placerville, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N34020Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860429015219A
- Case key
- 25142
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While enroute to san francisco, CA the engine began to overspeed & the prop gov control was not effective in arresting/controlling the overspeed condition. Shortly thereafter the engine oil pressure depleted to zero. The pilot elected to land in the ice house reservoir. The plt & pax were rescued by local boaters. Examination of the engine disclosed the governor oil pressure line was chaffing against the engine crankcase and fractured. The line was not secured with clamps as required by the avco Lycoming maintenance manual. A 100-hour inspection was performed on the acft the day before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34020
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG0950
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-AIB6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Puc Flight Service
- Registered owner
- Ellis R. Rich
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 28, 1986 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- TVL · So. Lake Tahoe, CA
- Destination
- SFO · San Francisco, CA
- Airport
- TVL · So. Lake Tahoe
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 409 total · 12 in this make and model · 349 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TVL, 16 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.