- Date
- April 17, 1987, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pickens, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29652Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870417010849A
- Case key
- 31900
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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.
Analysis
The plt reported that during cruise flt the eng RPM began to drop. He then applied carb heat, however, the eng then quit. A forced landing was made in a pasture. During the landing roll, the acft collided with barbed wire and a fence post. Post crash examination of the acft and an eng run revealed no evidence of pre-impact failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29652
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701010
- Airframe hours
- 2,620
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bill J. Roberson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1986 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- 2M6 · Walls, MS
- Destination
- M09 · Vazoo City, MS
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 230 total · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAN, 25 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.