- Date
- August 11, 1990, 11:01 local (16:01 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, MS
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N29471Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900811033319A
- Case key
- 32691
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Probable cause
The partial loss of engine power for an unknown reason.
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 fuel tanks were fully svcd svrd days before the flt. Drg a preflt inspn, the fuel tanks & gascolator were checked & no water or contamination was found. The plt rprtd that during takoeff, the eng power dropped from 2600 to 2100 RPM after the acft had climbed about 500 ft. the acft began dscndg, then collided with trees & crashed abt 3/4 mi from the dep end of the rwy. No preimpact part failure or malfunction of the acft or eng was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29471
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700911
- Airframe hours
- 1,532
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lee M. Owens
- Registered owner
- Lynn Forsythe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 7, 1990 · 14 hours before
- Destination
- F43 · El Dorado, AR
- Airport
- GLH · Greenville Muni, runway 18R, 7,019 × 150 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
- 40
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,600 total · 125 in this make and model · 2,266 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 37 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GLH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.