- Date
- June 11, 1992, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Live Oak, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3413TCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920611019549A
- Case key
- 33100
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot, and his improper use of the mixture control, which resulted in his failure to attain sufficient altitude to clear trees near the departure end of the runway. The proximity of trees was a related factor.
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 stated the plt landed on the 3000 ft grass rwy, thinking he had landed on a 4000 ft rwy about 5 mi to the west. They adzd him not to takeoff in the 95 deg temp. The plt decided to takeoff and use all of the available rwy. He said he leaned the mixture and used 1/4 flaps for takeoff. While climbing over a row of trees at the end of the rwy, the plt believed there was a slight power loss. The acft then settled into a second row of trees (60 to 70 ft tall) & crashed. The witnesses rprtd the eng was providing full power until impact. The eng tachometer was found to read 150 RPM hi, but no preimpact part failure of malfunction of the eng was found. The flt manual indcd the eng should not have been leaned for takeoff below 5000 ft. performance charts showed that the acft would have needed 2025 ft to clr a 50 ft obstacle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3413T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700713
- Airframe hours
- 1,989
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry Donald
- Registered owner
- Larry Donald
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 9, 1992 · 65 hours before
- Destination
- Mayo, FL
- Airport
- Suwanee Belle, runway 18, 3,000 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 169 total · 115 in this make and model · 144 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 45 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 N3413T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.