- Date
- February 21, 1983, 15:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Reading, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2227YCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830221005939A
- Case key
- 35155
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flt departed belfast at 1100. After passing Reading the plt noticed the right tank gauge rise from 1/2 to full. Approximately 3 mi from Reading a 180 deg turn was made to return to Reading. About 1 mi from the arpt the eng surged. A call was made to the tower declaring low fuel & requesting an emergency land but the response was unintelligible. On the downwind end of the rwy an acft was observed taking off & a large acft then pulled onto the rwy. The plt made an & turn to allow the acft to clear the rwy. By this time the plt had no power remaining & decided to land along side the rwy. The acft stalled about 4 ft above the ground & the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2227Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700027
- Airframe hours
- 1,485
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Youngs Funeral Home, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- 3B7 · Belfast, ME
- Destination
- LNS · Lancaster, PA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- RDG · Gen. Spaatz Field, runway 3, 6,350 × 150 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
- 55
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 881 total · 86 in this make and model · 132 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.