- Date
- July 27, 1988, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Canton, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N52865Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880727028199A
- Case key
- 36193
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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
During initial climb from takeoff, the engine lost total power and an emergency landing was made on a highway. The left wing and horizontal stabilizer struck a guardrail when the pilot was maneuvering to avoid a truck. A post-crash inspection of the engine revealed water in the fuel line between the fuel pump and fuel injector and in the fuel injection unit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52865
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1291
- Airframe hours
- 2,603
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Metro Aero Associates
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 8, 1988 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- OWD · Norwood, MA
- Destination
- FIT · Fitchburg, MA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OWD · Norwood, runway 17, 4,007 × 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,350 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 1,350 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °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.