- Date
- September 6, 1978
- Place
- Lake Placid, NY · LAKE PLACID, NY
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N30857Cessna 177B
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780906031749A
- Case key
- 139283
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3338 78/9/6 LAKE PLACID,NY CESSNA 177B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 680 TIME - 1700 N30857 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 260 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE PLACID DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE PLACID,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- IMPACTED NOSE DOWN ON UPSLOPE OF A HILL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30857
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Placid
N30857Registration cancelled Mar 23, 2018 · Cessna 177BAirframe modelCessna 177BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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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.