- Date
- July 4, 1989, 14:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Stuart, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2923XCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890704019379A
- Case key
- 32301
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Probable cause
Inadequate maintenance/servicing of the aircraft, which resulted in water and rust contamination of the fuel and a subsequent loss of engine power, and failure of the pilot to maintain flying speed, while maneuvering back toward the runway, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
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
As the plt was taking off from his 2nd touch-&-go landing, the eng lost power. According to witnesses, the acft appeared to wobble & sink as the plt turned the acft back toward the rwy. It then entered a steep descent & crashed on the end of the rwy. An exam of the eng revealed water & rust in the carburetor bowl & rust in the carburetor's finger screen.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2923X
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177-00323
- Airframe hours
- 2,067
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George T. Peters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 7, 1989 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- SUA
- Airport
- SUA · Stuart, runway 2, 5,000 × 200 ft, asphalt
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
- 18
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 93 total · 89 in this make and model · 39 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 23 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.
Other investigations on N2923X · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.