- Date
- April 19, 1990, 16:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- North Captiva, FL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N30962Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900419010609A
- Case key
- 32558
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, due to an inadequate supply of fuel, and failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, 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
Witnesses rprtd that after takeoff, the acft entered a steep climb, then the eng lost power as the plane was proceeding over water at abt 200 to 300 ft. an immediate left turn was made, followed by a nose down descent. About 100 ft above the water, eng power was restored, but the acft collided with the water before the descent was arrested. Psnl (who triedto rescue the occupants, immediately after the acdnt) did not notice any oil slick or fuel on the water. Only salt waterwas found in the fuel tanks. An investigation revealed the acft had been serviced with a fuel load of about 40 gal on 4/10/90. The acft was then flown about 3.8 hrs before the acdnt. There was no record of any further refueling. Fuel consumption for the eng was estimated to be about 10 to 11 gal/hr at 65% to 75% power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30962
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701569
- Airframe hours
- 2,276
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Anderson, Kaye F.
- Registered owner
- Kaye F. Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 8, 1989 · 15 hours before
- Destination
- FMY · Fort Myers, FL
- Airport
- North Captiva, runway 9, 2,300 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 256 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 16 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 20 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.