- Date
- October 30, 1979
- Place
- Eufaula, AL · EUFAULA, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50961Cessna 177RG
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791030029789A
- Case key
- 132773
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3720 79/10/30 NR.EUFAULA,AL CESSNA 177RG CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 60, 6150 TIME - 0930 N50961 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 850 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EUFAULA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SAMSON,AL GRIFFIN,GA EUFAULA,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: FILTERS,SCREEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- OIL FILTER GASKET NOT RPLCD AFTER OIL CHG.LNDD HARD AFTER CLRG TREES DRG FORCED LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50961
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eufaula
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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.