- Date
- April 18, 1985, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Alliance, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N34908Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850418013239A
- Case key
- 33930
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft collided with ditch at end of strip while aborting takeoff. Takeoff was being made from a 2200 ft long dirt farm strip. The strip had a slight upslope and the density altitude was 6,800 ft. wing flaps were found in retracted position after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34908
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702082
- Airframe hours
- 1,274
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glenn And Clarice Spear
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1984 · 23 hours before
- Destination
- AKO · Akron, CO
- Airport
- runway 30, 2,200 × ft, dirt
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 849 total · 249 in this make and model · 803 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AIA, 18 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.