# NTSB MIA87LA143: Cessna 177, N29652, Pickens, MS, April 17, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 17, 1987, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place: Pickens, MS
- Coordinates: 32.889926, -89.960845 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8899&lon=-89.9608&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31900
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA143
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31900/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA143

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, cruise - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29652-1988-04-06), registration cancelled 1988-04-06, S/N 17701010 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Registry model: [Cessna 177](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (registry code 2073704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17701010
- Airframe hours: 2620
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870417010849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870417010849A), Apr 17, 1987: Cessna 177, Pickens, MS, Substantial damage. Engine quit. Forced landing in a field. Hit barbed wire fence and post. Found no malfunction of engine.

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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