# NTSB MIA83LA013: Cessna 177RG, N1892Q, Brooksville, FL, October 17, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 17, 1982, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Location: 28.5166° N, 82.4047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brooksville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5166&lon=-82.4047&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 17, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70043
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70043/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA013

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - tree(s) (contributing 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 177R90292
- Airframe hours: 2400
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821017055699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821017055699A), Oct 17, 1982: Cessna 177RG, Brooksville, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft crashed during emergency landing after engine quit during climb after takeoff.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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