- Date
- May 23, 1981
- Place
- Newton, KS · NEWTON, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N45354Cessna 177RG
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810523028249A
- Case key
- 125552
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1252 81/5/23 NEWTON,KS CESSNA 177RG CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0030 N45354 PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 24, 850 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 17 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWTON CITY CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: MAGNETIC PLUGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- OIL SUMP DRAIN PLUG WAS MISSING AFTER ACCIDENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45354
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Newton City Co
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.