- Date
- July 14, 1985, 15:51 local (19:51 UTC)
- Place
- Cedar Key, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N13714Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850714030909A
- Case key
- 31426
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that shortly after taking off, while flying at 1400 ft, there was a strong odor of fuel in the cabin, then the eng lost power. He was unable to restart the eng & subsequently ditched the acft in the gulf of Mexico about 1/4 mi south of Cedar Key, FL. The acft was recovered from where it sank in 20 ft of water. An exam of the eng, fuel sys & related components revealed no evidence of a preimpact part failure or malfunction; however, there was considerable impact damage from ditching.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13714
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702458
- Airframe hours
- 1,420
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward G. Givens
- Registered owner
- Edward G. Givens
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 9, 1984 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- CDK · Cedar Key, FL
- Destination
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 408 total · 4 in this make and model · 310 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 62 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.