- Date
- February 27, 1985, 07:35 local (13:35 UTC)
- Place
- Lee'S Summit, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N18664Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850227004599A
- Case key
- 33916
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Ice/frost removal from aircraft - not performedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - runway
Analysis
Upon takeoff, acft lifted off the rwy and settled hard back onto the rwy. Inspection revealed acft was covered with 1/4 to 1/2 inch of snow & ice when the takeoff was attempted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18664
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702546
- Airframe hours
- 2,451
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Herbert R. Hodge
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 16, 1984 · 52 hours before
- Destination
- IRK · Kirksville, MO
- Airport
- K84 · Mccomas-Lee'S Summit Mun., runway 36, 3,000 × 60 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,559 total · 456 in this make and model · 62 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 21 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.