- Date
- January 19, 1982, 06:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Urbandale, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1969QCessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820119001449A
- Case key
- 72902
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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
After takeoff, the engine lost power at about 2000 ft MSL. The plane was damaged during a forced landing on an interstate highway. When checked after the accident, the engine would start but lost power when accelerated above 1000 RPM. The bendix servo fuel injector, model RSA-5AD1, was bench checked and would deliver only idle fuel flow. A further examination revealed that the elastic stop nut, pn 178491, had backed off of the fuel diaphragm assembly stem. This restricted the regulator travel and resulted in a lean mixture.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1969Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0369
- Airframe hours
- 1,170
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Max And Delores Van Rees
- Registered owner
- Max And Delores Van Rees
- Departed
- Y76 · Urbandale, IA
- Destination
- Corpus Christi, TX
- Airport
- Y76 · Morningstar
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 380 total · 380 in this make and model · 340 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.