- Date
- October 17, 1982, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brooksville, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1892QCessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821017055699A
- Case key
- 70043
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
During takeoff, the engine lost power at about 700 to 800 ft AGL while the plane was climbing. The pilot was unable to restart the engine. Subsequently, the aircraft crashed in an orange grove and was destroyed. An examination and partial teardown of the engine revealed no preimpact malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1892Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177R90292
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Claude Hyde Harnett
- Registered owner
- Claude Hyde Harnett
- Departed
- X05 · Brooksville, FL
- Destination
- CDK · Cedar Key, FL
- Airport
- X05 · Pilot Country Estates, runway 36, 3,700 × 72 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,410 total · 212 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 137 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 169 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 30 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.